Shares of Hershey Co. HSY, +2.02% slid 1.67% to $205.41 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.21% rising 1.17% to 5,308.15 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.10% rising 0.88% to 39,908.00.
This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses.
Hershey Co. closed $64.22 below its 52-week high ($269.63), which the company reached on May 17th.
Trading volume (1.5 M) remained 656,542 below its 50-day average volume of 2.1 M.