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Shares of PPG Industries Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202418877/composite PPG +0.76% inched 0.88% higher to $156.20 Monday, 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 +0.16% rising 1.89% to 4,515.55 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA -0.42% rising 1.17% to 35,131.86. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. PPG Industries Inc. closed $26.77 short of its 52-week high ($182.97), which the company achieved on June 7th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Sherwin-Williams Co. /zigman2/quotes/210069062/composite SHW +2.98% fell 0.41% to $286.51, BASF SE ADR /zigman2/quotes/202868418/composite BASFY -5.69% fell 0.73% to $19.15, and Owens Corning /zigman2/quotes/202113551/composite OC +0.05% rose 1.06% to $88.70. Trading volume (1.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.2 M.
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