Shares of Southern Co.
SO,
rallied 1.54% to $71.94 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
falling 0.93% to 3,961.63 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
falling 0.43% to 31,899.29. The stock’s rise snapped a two-day losing streak. Southern Co. closed $5.30 short of its 52-week high ($77.24), which the company reached on April 21st.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as NextEra Energy Inc.
NEE,
rose 1.75% to $80.25, Dominion Energy Inc.
D,
rose 1.83% to $77.35, and Duke Energy Corp.
DUK,
rose 1.39% to $104.98. Trading volume (3.4 M) remained 1.4 million below its 50-day average volume of 4.9 M.
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