Shares of Whirlpool Corp. WHR, -0.01% slipped 0.01% to $182.79 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.43% rising 1.43% to 4,520.16 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.02% rising 1.02% to 34,707.94. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Whirlpool Corp. closed $74.89 short of its 52-week high ($257.68), which the company reached on May 10th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as General Electric Co. GE, +0.45% rose 0.45% to $94.12. Trading volume (1.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 937,930.