Norfolk Southern Corp. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitors Company Close Updates

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Shares of Norfolk Southern Corp. /zigman2/quotes/200877725/composite NSC +1.51% slid 1.88% to $267.21 Friday, 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 +1.44% falling 1.90% to 4,418.64 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.26% falling 1.43% to 34,738.06. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Norfolk Southern Corp. closed $31.99 below its 52-week high ($299.20), which the company achieved on December 31st.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Union Pacific Corp. /zigman2/quotes/209717171/composite UNP +1.46% fell 1.37% to $238.81, Canadian National Railway Co. /zigman2/quotes/208205632/composite CNI +1.44% fell 1.02% to $121.78, and CSX Corp. /zigman2/quotes/208536759/composite CSX +1.49% fell 1.82% to $33.37. Trading volume (1.0 M) remained 232,641 below its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.

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