Shares of Walmart Inc. WMT, +0.30% rose 2.57% to $135.74 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.53% rising 1.83% to 3,979.87 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.19% rising 1.40% to 31,581.28. The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak. Walmart Inc. closed $25.03 short of its 52-week high ($160.77), which the company reached on April 21st.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +2.66% rose 2.67% to $129.48, Costco Wholesale Corp. COST, +1.41% rose 2.07% to $529.64, and Target Corp. TGT, +1.02% rose 4.41% to $170.79. Trading volume (5.7 M) remained 2.5 million below its 50-day average volume of 8.2 M.
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