Shares of Emerson Electric Co. EMR, -0.14% slipped 0.14% to $95.64 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.09% falling 0.09% to 4,076.57 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.56% falling 0.56% to 34,395.01. The stock’s fall snapped a two-day winning streak. Emerson Electric Co. closed $4.36 short of its 52-week high ($100.00), which the company reached on March 31st.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Honeywell International Inc. HON, -0.98% fell 0.98% to $217.39. Trading volume (2.9 M) remained 535,586 below its 50-day average volume of 3.4 M.