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Shares of Monster Beverage Corp. /zigman2/quotes/205899417/composite MNST +2.80% inched 0.92% higher to $84.91 Wednesday, 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 -0.07% falling 1.65% to 3,935.18 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +0.27% falling 1.02% to 31,834.11. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. Monster Beverage Corp. closed $14.98 short of its 52-week high ($99.89), which the company achieved on August 10th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Coca-Cola Co. /zigman2/quotes/209159848/composite KO +0.72% rose 0.47% to $64.31 and PepsiCo Inc. /zigman2/quotes/208744353/composite PEP +1.66% fell 0.48% to $170.66. Trading volume (3.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.1 M.
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