Published on 4 Dec 2021 on Market Watch
Shares of Waste Management Inc. slipped 0.32% to $163.22 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.84% to 4,538.43 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.17% to 34,580.08. Waste Management Inc. closed $4.82 short of its 52-week high ($168.04), which the company reached on November 29th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Republic Services Inc. fell 0.46% to $135.40, Waste Connections Inc. fell 1.24% to $133.84, and Veolia Environnement S.A. ADR rose 1.11% to $32.65. Trading volume (1.2 M) remained 398,266 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.