Shares of Moody’s Corp. MCO, -2.56% slipped 2.56% to $302.50 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.38% falling 1.38% to 4,090.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.26% falling 1.26% to 33,696.85. Moody’s Corp. closed $43.72 below its 52-week high ($346.22), which the company reached on April 8th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as S&P Global Inc. SPGI, -2.65% fell 2.65% to $357.82 and MSCI Inc. MSCI, -2.24% fell 2.24% to $552.99. Trading volume (649,486) remained 182,411 below its 50-day average volume of 831,897.