Norfolk Southern Corp. stock outperforms competitors despite losses on the day Company Close Updates

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Shares of Norfolk Southern Corp. /zigman2/quotes/200877725/composite NSC -0.31% slid 0.59% to $272.33 Thursday, 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 +1.30% falling 1.81% to 4,504.08 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.00% falling 1.47% to 35,241.59. The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak. Norfolk Southern Corp. closed $26.87 below its 52-week high ($299.20), which the company reached on December 31st.

Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Union Pacific Corp. /zigman2/quotes/209717171/composite UNP -0.06% fell 1.77% to $242.12, Canadian National Railway Co. /zigman2/quotes/208205632/composite CNI +0.23% fell 1.33% to $123.03, and CSX Corp. /zigman2/quotes/208536759/composite CSX -0.36% fell 2.16% to $33.99.true Trading volume (2.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.

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