Shares of Walmart Inc. WMT, -1.18% slid 1.18% to $139.33 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.52% rising 0.52% to 4,500.53 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.06% falling 0.06% to 35,089.74. Walmart Inc. closed $13.24 short of its 52-week high ($152.57), which the company reached on August 18th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +13.54% rose 13.54% to $3,152.79, Costco Wholesale Corp. COST, -0.38% fell 0.38% to $519.77, and Target Corp. TGT, +0.38% rose 0.38% to $214.04. Trading volume (7.3 M) remained 2.2 million below its 50-day average volume of 9.5 M.