Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. VZ,
rose 0.15% higher to $46.26 Monday in what turned out to be an overall bad trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
falling 0.28% to 4,118.63 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
decreasing by 0.14% to 32,798.40. This was the third consecutive day of gains for the stock. Verizon Communications Inc. closed $10.00 below the 52-week high ($56.26) the company reached on Aug. 2.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors on Monday, such as Apple Inc. AAPL,
fell 0.62% to $161.51, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL,
fell 1.26% to $114.86, and AT&T Inc. T,
fell 0.27% to $18.73. Trading volume (18.6 million) remained 1.6 million below the 50-day average volume of 20.2 million.
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