Shares of Dollar General Corp. DG, -1.84% slipped 1.84% to $117.79 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.84% rising 0.84% to 4,505.10 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.96% rising 0.96% to 34,907.11.
This was the stock’s fourth consecutive day of losses.
Dollar General Corp. closed $143.80 short of its 52-week high ($261.59), which the company achieved on October 28th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.09% fell 0.09% to $144.72, Walmart Inc. WMT, +0.42% rose 0.42% to $165.25, and Costco Wholesale Corp. COST, +0.90% rose 0.90% to $564.77.
Trading volume (7.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.1 M.