Shares of Exelon Corp. EXC, -0.74% dropped 0.74% to $35.04 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.23% rising 1.23% to 4,839.81 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.05% rising 1.05% to 37,863.80.
This was the stock’s sixth consecutive day of losses.
Exelon Corp. closed $8.67 short of its 52-week high ($43.71), which the company reached on April 25th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as NextEra Energy Inc. NEE, -0.68% fell 0.68% to $57.26, Duke Energy Corp. DUK, -0.31% fell 0.31% to $95.56, and Southern Co. SO, +0.26% rose 0.26% to $68.95.
Trading volume (9.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 8.2 M.