Shares of Prudential Financial Inc.
PRU,
dropped 0.45% to $99.69 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
rising 0.12% to 4,374.30 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
rising 0.13% to 34,933.23. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Prudential Financial Inc. closed $9.48 short of its 52-week high ($109.17), which the company achieved on June 2nd.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Prudential PLC ADR
PUK,
fell 0.53% to $37.49, MetLife Inc.
MET,
fell 0.75% to $58.24, and Lincoln National Corp.
LNC,
fell 1.33% to $61.77.true Trading volume (1.6 M) remained 308,521 below its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.
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