Shares of AT&T Inc. T, +0.40% were unchanged Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.57% falling 3.56% to 4,146.87 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.30% falling 3.12% to 32,997.97. AT&T Inc. closed $5.62 below its 52-week high ($25.57), which the company reached on May 17th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, +0.90% fell 1.10% to $47.84, Walt Disney Co. DIS, -2.06% fell 3.08% to $112.61, and Comcast Corp. Cl A CMCSA, -0.94% fell 2.98% to $40.38. Trading volume (55.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 51.4 M.