Shares of Bank of America Corp. BAC, +0.54% inched 0.54% higher to $43.03 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.23% rising 1.23% to 4,411.67 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.23% rising 1.23% to 34,480.76. This was the stock’s fourth consecutive day of gains. Bank of America Corp. closed $7.08 short of its 52-week high ($50.11), which the company achieved on February 10th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM, +1.26% rose 1.26% to $140.15, Citigroup Inc. C, +0.86% rose 0.86% to $57.29, and Wells Fargo & Co. WFC, -0.23% fell 0.23% to $51.48. Trading volume (50.0 M) remained 7.8 million below its 50-day average volume of 57.8 M.