Shares of Kroger Co. KR, +2.23% rallied 2.23% to $49.61 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.52% rising 0.52% to 5,096.27 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.12% rising 0.12% to 38,996.39.
This was the stock’s third consecutive day of gains.
Kroger Co. closed $0.75 below its 52-week high ($50.36), which the company achieved on May 22nd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +2.08% rose 2.08% to $176.76, Walmart Inc. WMT, -1.69% fell 1.69% to $58.61, and Costco Wholesale Corp. COST, -0.54% fell 0.54% to $743.89.
Trading volume (10.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.6 M.