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Shares of PPG Industries Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202418877/composite PPG +3.08% inched 0.94% higher to $154.83 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +1.06% rising 2.43% to 4,431.85 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.05% rising 1.65% to 34,725.47. The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak. PPG Industries Inc. closed $28.14 short of its 52-week high ($182.97), which the company reached on June 7th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Sherwin-Williams Co. /zigman2/quotes/210069062/composite SHW +5.06% rose 1.60% to $287.70, BASF SE ADR /zigman2/quotes/202868418/composite BASFY 0.00% rose 1.26% to $19.29, and Owens Corning /zigman2/quotes/202113551/composite OC +4.28% rose 1.61% to $87.77. Trading volume (921,909) remained 256,480 below its 50-day average volume of 1.2 M.
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