Shares of JetBlue Airways Corp. JBLU, +8.82% rallied 8.82% to $8.76 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, +1.65% rising 1.65% to 13,555.67 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.63% rising 0.63% to 33,926.74.
This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains.
JetBlue Airways Corp. closed $0.59 short of its 52-week high ($9.35), which the company reached on February 2nd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Southwest Airlines Co. LUV, +3.68% rose 3.68% to $35.25, Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL, +6.84% rose 6.84% to $46.09, and United Airlines Holdings Inc. UAL, +5.08% rose 5.08% to $56.03.
Trading volume (21.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 10.6 M.