Shares of D.R. Horton Inc. DHI, -1.04% slipped 1.04% to $70.39 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.43% rising 0.43% to 4,500.21 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.25% rising 0.25% to 34,583.57. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of losses. D.R. Horton Inc. closed $40.06 short of its 52-week high ($110.45), which the company achieved on December 13th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Lennar Corp. Cl A LEN, -1.03% fell 1.03% to $74.67, NVR Inc. NVR, -0.79% fell 0.79% to $4,324.30, and PulteGroup Inc. PHM, -1.23% fell 1.23% to $40.25. Trading volume (6.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.0 M.