Published on 3 Aug 2022 on Market Watch
Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. inched 0.36% higher to $39.19 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.56% to 4,155.17 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.29% to 32,812.50. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. closed $15.81 below its 52-week high ($55.00), which the company reached on January 11th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as CVS Health Corp. rose 6.30% to $101.38 and PetMed Express Inc. rose 1.88% to $21.63. Trading volume (8.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 6.3 M.