Shares of Campbell Soup Co. CPB, +1.98% rose 1.98% to $44.80 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.15% falling 0.15% to 4,756.50 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.42% falling 0.42% to 37,525.16.
This was the stock’s third consecutive day of gains.
Campbell Soup Co. closed $11.65 below its 52-week high ($56.45), which the company reached on January 11th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Mondelez International Inc. Cl A MDLZ, +0.04% rose 0.04% to $73.74, Kraft Heinz Co. KHC, +0.78% rose 0.78% to $38.55, and General Mills Inc. GIS, +0.52% rose 0.52% to $64.38.
Trading volume (3.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.9 M.