Shares of Carnival Corp. CCL, -2.51% slipped 1.65% to $23.86 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, 0.03% rising 0.35% to 4,384.63 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.20% rising 0.36% to 34,996.18. Carnival Corp. closed $7.66 short of its 52-week high ($31.52), which the company achieved on June 8th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Marriott International Inc. MAR, -1.77% fell 0.50% to $141.77, Royal Caribbean Group RCL, -2.18% fell 0.96% to $81.54, and Carnival PLC ADR CUK, -2.49% fell 2.05% to $21.48. Trading volume (22.9 M) remained 3.6 million below its 50-day average volume of 26.5 M.