Shares of Walmart Inc. WMT, +1.32% rallied 1.32% to $124.25 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.16% rising 0.16% to 3,831.39 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.42% falling 0.42% to 30,967.82. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains. Walmart Inc. closed $36.52 short of its 52-week high ($160.77), which the company achieved on April 21st.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +3.60% rose 3.60% to $113.50, Costco Wholesale Corp. COST, +0.51% rose 0.51% to $488.26, and Target Corp. TGT, +2.34% rose 2.34% to $145.71. Trading volume (6.0 M) remained 3.8 million below its 50-day average volume of 9.8 M.