Shares of Edison International EIX, +1.73% inched 0.93% higher to $65.46 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.39% rising 2.39% to 4,023.89 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.08% rising 1.47% to 32,196.66. Edison International closed $7.86 short of its 52-week high ($73.32), which the company reached on April 21st.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as American Electric Power Co. Inc. AEP, -0.30% rose 1.18% to $99.69, Xcel Energy Inc. XEL, +0.46% rose 1.28% to $74.49, and Sempra SRE, +0.28% rose 1.96% to $161.06. Trading volume (3.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.