Shares of Plug Power Inc. PLUG, -1.54% slid 1.54% to $12.18 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, -0.76% falling 0.76% to 10,386.98 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.03% falling 0.03% to 33,136.37. The stock’s fall snapped a two-day winning streak. Plug Power Inc. closed $19.87 short of its 52-week high ($32.05), which the company achieved on April 4th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Air Products & Chemicals Inc. APD, -0.55% fell 0.55% to $306.57, Procter & Gamble Co. PG, +0.01% rose 0.01% to $151.57, and Ballard Power Systems Inc. BLDP, -1.25% fell 1.25% to $4.73. Trading volume (29.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 16.7 M.