Shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B BRK.B, 0.74% slipped 0.81% to $304.15 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, 0.93% falling 0.58% to 3,900.79 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, 0.71% falling 0.75% to 31,253.13. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B closed $57.95 below its 52-week high ($362.10), which the company reached on March 29th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Honeywell International Inc. HON, 0.60% fell 0.63% to $192.65, 3M Co. MMM, 0.53% fell 0.33% to $146.96, and General Electric Co. GE, 0.55% rose 0.72% to $75.74. Trading volume (4.7 M) remained 40,133 below its 50-day average volume of 4.8 M.