Shares of Home Depot Inc. HD, -1.00% dropped 1.00% to $270.73 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.22% rising 0.22% to 3,674.84 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.13% falling 0.13% to 29,888.78. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Home Depot Inc. closed $149.88 below its 52-week high ($420.61), which the company achieved on December 6th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Lowe’s Cos. LOW, +0.50% rose 0.50% to $172.47 and Kingfisher PLC ADR KGFHY, +0.85% rose 0.85% to $5.93. Trading volume (10.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.5 M.