Shares of Boeing Co. (BA) rose 1.29% to $127.14 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.58% to 3,900.79 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.75% to 31,253.13. Boeing Co. closed $131.26 short of its 52-week high ($258.40), which the company achieved on June 2nd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Honeywell International Inc. (HON) fell 0.63% to $192.65, Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) fell 2.01% to $425.62, and Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC) fell 1.40% to $448.50. Trading volume (8.0 M) remained 2.1 million below its 50-day average volume of 10.1 M.
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