Published on 28 Oct 2022 on Market Watch
Shares of A.O. Smith Corp. rallied 5.39% to $54.38 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 2.46% to 3,901.06 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 2.59% to 32,861.80. The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak. A.O. Smith Corp. closed $32.36 below its 52-week high ($86.74), which the company reached on December 30th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Lennox International Inc. rose 4.31% to $237.42, BWX Technologies Inc. rose 2.81% to $57.43, and RBC Bearings Inc. rose 3.44% to $253.79. Trading volume (1.0 M) remained 110,087 below its 50-day average volume of 1.1 M.