Shares of Citizens Financial Group Inc. CFG, +5.35% slid 3.30% to $35.15 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +3.06% rising 0.95% to 3,795.73 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +2.68% rising 0.64% to 30,677.36. The stock’s fall snapped a three-day winning streak. Citizens Financial Group Inc. closed $21.85 below its 52-week high ($57.00), which the company reached on January 18th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Prosperity Bancshares Inc. PB, +3.99% fell 2.53% to $67.16, Cathay General Bancorp CATY, +3.10% fell 0.83% to $38.39, and Hancock Whitney Corp. HWC, +3.51% fell 2.77% to $43.25. Trading volume (6.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 6.3 M.