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Shares of Home Depot Inc. /zigman2/quotes/208081807/composite HD -0.40% slid 0.20% to $386.67 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +1.86% rising 0.92% to 4,713.07 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.98% rising 0.51% to 36,252.02. This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of losses. Home Depot Inc. closed $33.94 below its 52-week high ($420.61), which the company achieved on December 6th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Lowe's Cos. /zigman2/quotes/205563664/composite LOW +0.84% rose 0.73% to $249.50 and Kingfisher PLC ADR /zigman2/quotes/208537455/delayed KGFHY +3.04% fell 0.03% to $9.26. Trading volume (4.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.7 M.
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