Shares of Kimberly-Clark Corp. KMB, -0.24% sank 0.24% to $138.40 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.01% falling 0.01% to 4,154.52 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.23% falling 0.23% to 33,897.01.
The stock’s fall snapped a two-day winning streak.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. closed $6.13 below its 52-week high ($144.53), which the company achieved on April 25th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Johnson & Johnson JNJ, +0.94% rose 0.94% to $162.53 and Procter & Gamble Co. PG, +0.02% rose 0.02% to $151.24.
Trading volume (946,574) remained 637,679 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.