Shares of Netflix Inc. NFLX, +1.39% rallied 1.39% to $240.02 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.02% falling 1.02% to 3,744.52 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.15% falling 1.15% to 29,926.94. Netflix Inc. closed $460.97 short of its 52-week high ($700.99), which the company reached on November 17th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.54% fell 0.54% to $120.30, Walt Disney Co. DIS, -0.75% fell 0.75% to $100.04, and Comcast Corp. Cl A CMCSA, -2.24% fell 2.24% to $30.05. Trading volume (9.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 9.0 M.