Shares of Procter & Gamble Co. PG, +0.01% inched 0.01% higher to $151.57 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.40% falling 0.40% to 3,824.14 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.03% falling 0.03% to 33,136.37. Procter & Gamble Co. closed $13.78 short of its 52-week high ($165.35), which the company achieved on January 21st.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Johnson & Johnson JNJ, +0.87% rose 0.87% to $178.19. Trading volume (6.4 M) remained 15,359 below its 50-day average volume of 6.5 M.