Shares of Discover Financial Services DFS, -2.41% slipped 1.84% to $100.29 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.71% falling 1.13% to 3,855.93 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.70% falling 1.01% to 30,706.23. Discover Financial Services closed $33.11 below its 52-week high ($133.40), which the company reached on October 20th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Capital One Financial Corp. COF, -1.85% fell 1.08% to $101.37, Zions Bancorp N.A. ZION, -1.04% fell 1.16% to $57.70, and TFS Financial Corp. TFSL, -0.78% rose 0.79% to $14.10. Trading volume (1.5 M) remained 249,233 below its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.