Genuine Parts Co. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors Company Close Updates

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Shares of Genuine Parts Co. /zigman2/quotes/204247574/composite GPC +0.85% slid 2.12% to $131.50 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +1.91% falling 1.10% to 4,482.73 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.24% falling 0.89% to 34,715.39. This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses. Genuine Parts Co. closed $11.47 below 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 Thursday, as O'Reilly Automotive Inc. /zigman2/quotes/207206119/composite ORLY +1.43% fell 1.75% to $648.06, Advance Auto Parts Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202065737/composite AAP +0.98% fell 2.14% to $229.33, and LKQ Corp. /zigman2/quotes/210317139/composite LKQ +2.89% fell 2.25% to $53.51. Trading volume (566,439) remained 24,146 below its 50-day average volume of 590,585.

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