Shares of Leggett & Platt Inc. LEG, -0.49% sank 0.62% to $38.71 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.20% rising 0.13% to 3,966.84 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.62% rising 0.28% to 31,990.04. The stock’s fall snapped a six-day winning streak. Leggett & Platt Inc. closed $11.23 short of its 52-week high ($49.94), which the company achieved on August 12th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as Tempur Sealy International Inc. TPX, -3.44% fell 1.15% to $25.01 and La-Z-Boy Inc. LZB, -1.43% fell 0.63% to $26.85. Trading volume (967,480) remained 5,888 below its 50-day average volume of 973,368.