Shares of Mastercard Inc. MA, +1.90% advanced 1.90% to $352.92 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.87% falling 0.87% to 4,668.67 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.08% falling 0.08% to 35,897.64. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains. Mastercard Inc. closed $48.58 short of its 52-week high ($401.50), which the company reached on April 28th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -2.56% fell 2.56% to $3,377.42, Visa Inc. Cl A V, +0.97% rose 0.97% to $214.37, and American Express Co. AXP, +0.47% rose 0.47% to $163.00. Trading volume (5.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 5.1 M.