Shares of Hershey Co. HSY, -1.50% slipped 1.50% to $270.46 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.30% rising 0.30% to 4,136.28 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.14% rising 0.14% to 33,348.60.
This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses.
Hershey Co. closed $6.42 below its 52-week high ($276.88), which the company achieved on May 1st.
Trading volume (677,893) remained 289,202 below its 50-day average volume of 967,095.