Shares of Walmart Inc. WMT sank 0.05% to $127.53 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.34% to 3,768.47 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 1.11% to 30,924.14. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of losses. Walmart Inc. closed $26.13 short of its 52-week high ($153.66), which the company achieved on December 1st.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN fell 0.91% to $2,977.57, Costco Wholesale Corp. COST fell 1.51% to $319.04, and Target Corp. TGT fell 2.18% to $169.82.true Trading volume (15.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 8.5 M.