Published on 13 Jan 2022 on Market Watch
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. stock outperforms market on strong trading day
Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. inched 0.52% higher to $54.19 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.42% to 4,659.03 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.49% to 36,113.62. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. closed $2.86 short of its 52-week high ($57.05), which the company reached on April 6th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as CVS Health Corp. fell 0.42% to $105.34 and PetMed Express Inc. fell 1.37% to $24.42. Trading volume (7.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 6.1 M.