Synchrony Financial stock outperforms market on strong trading day

Shares of Synchrony Financial
SYF,
+3.29%
rose 3.29% to $48.97 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.13%
rising 0.13% to 34,575.31 and the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-0.05%
falling 0.05% to 4,202.04. Synchrony Financial hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $48.17, which the company reached on May 27th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Visa Inc. Cl A
V,
-0.29%
fell 0.29% to $226.63, Mastercard Inc.
MA,
-0.22%
fell 0.22% to $359.79, and FleetCor Technologies Inc.
FLT,
+0.79%
rose 0.79% to $276.60. Trading volume (5.9 M) remained 229,602 below its 50-day average volume of 6.1 M.