Shares of Southwest Airlines Co. LUV, +3.34% rose 3.34% to $36.82 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.47% rising 1.47% to 4,179.76 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.11% falling 0.11% to 34,053.94. Southwest Airlines Co. closed $13.28 below its 52-week high ($50.10), which the company achieved on April 21st.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL, +0.03% rose 0.03% to $39.90, United Airlines Holdings Inc. UAL, +4.16% rose 4.16% to $52.31, and American Airlines Group Inc. AAL, +2.22% rose 2.22% to $17.06. Trading volume (9.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 6.8 M.