Shares of American Water Works Co. AWK, -1.41% dropped 0.64% to $174.18 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, 0.14% rising 0.19% to 4,605.38 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, 0.23% rising 0.25% to 35,819.56. American Water Works Co. closed $15.17 below its 52-week high ($189.35), which the company achieved on September 8th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Veolia Environnement S.A. ADR VEOEY, +1.86% fell 2.64% to $32.77, American States Water Co. AWR, -2.75% fell 0.33% to $90.84, and California Water Service Group CWT, -1.30% fell 0.33% to $60.88. Trading volume (743,499) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 650,215.