Published on 5 Oct 2021 on Market Watch
Shares of PayPal Holdings Inc. advanced 2.02% to $260.15 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.05% to 4,345.72 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.92% to 34,314.67. PayPal Holdings Inc. closed $50.01 short of its 52-week high ($310.16), which the company reached on July 26th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Visa Inc. Cl A fell 0.20% to $224.28, Mastercard Inc. fell 0.29% to $343.21, and American Express Co. rose 1.22% to $174.76. Trading volume (6.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 6.2 M.