Shares of PepsiCo Inc. PEP, 0.28% slid 2.01% to $178.05 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.40% rising 0.92% to 3,992.93 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, 0.06% rising 0.10% to 33,747.86. PepsiCo Inc. closed $5.53 below its 52-week high ($183.58), which the company reached on November 2nd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Nestle S.A. ADR NSRGY, -0.08% rose 0.97% to $114.80, Coca-Cola Co. KO, -0.08% rose 0.72% to $61.32, and Unilever PLC ADR UL, 0.53% fell 0.80% to $47.16. Trading volume (7.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 5.3 M.