Shares of Plug Power Inc. PLUG, -4.24% shed 4.24% to $9.27 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, +0.76% rising 0.76% to 12,087.96 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.01% rising 0.01% to 33,485.29. This was the stock’s fourth consecutive day of losses. Plug Power Inc. closed $22.29 short of its 52-week high ($31.56), which the company reached on August 25th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Air Products & Chemicals Inc. APD, -0.66% fell 0.66% to $282.00, Procter & Gamble Co. PG, +0.63% rose 0.63% to $152.22, and Ballard Power Systems Inc. BLDP, -0.80% fell 0.80% to $4.94. Trading volume (31.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 17.9 M.