Genuine Parts Co. stock outperforms competitors despite losses on the day Company Close Updates

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Shares of Genuine Parts Co. /zigman2/quotes/204247574/composite GPC +0.98% dropped 0.70% to $130.58 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +2.02% falling 1.89% to 4,397.94 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.34% falling 1.30% to 34,265.37. This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of losses. Genuine Parts Co. closed $12.39 short of its 52-week high ($142.97), which the company achieved on January 5th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as O'Reilly Automotive Inc. /zigman2/quotes/207206119/composite ORLY +1.49% fell 1.87% to $635.92, Advance Auto Parts Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202065737/composite AAP +1.20% fell 1.39% to $226.15, and LKQ Corp. /zigman2/quotes/210317139/composite LKQ +3.02% rose 0.45% to $53.75. Trading volume (555,371) remained 37,335 below its 50-day average volume of 592,706.

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