Published on 24 Sep 2021 on Market Watch
Shares of Norfolk Southern Corp. advanced 1.20% to $245.07 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.15% to 4,455.48 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.10% to 34,798.00. This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains. Norfolk Southern Corp. closed $50.07 short of its 52-week high ($295.14), which the company reached on May 10th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Union Pacific Corp. rose 1.03% to $203.80, Canadian National Railway Co. fell 0.51% to $115.74, and CSX Corp. rose 0.70% to $30.42. Trading volume (1.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.2 M.