Shares of Campbell Soup Co. CPB, -1.53% shed 1.53% to $48.77 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.09% rising 1.09% to 4,180.17 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.67% rising 0.67% to 34,043.49. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Campbell Soup Co. closed $5.31 short of its 52-week high ($54.08), which the company reached on August 27th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Unilever PLC ADR UL, -0.49% fell 0.49% to $56.88, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A MDLZ, -0.07% fell 0.07% to $59.51, and McCormick & Co. Inc. Com. Vtg. MKC.V, -0.25% fell 0.25% to $91.58. Trading volume (1.9 M) remained 214,261 below its 50-day average volume of 2.2 M.