Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B stock rises Thursday, still underperforms market

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Shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B /zigman2/quotes/200060694/composite BRK.B +0.38% inched 0.00% higher to $304.27 Thursday, 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 -0.10% rising 0.23% to 4,283.74 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +0.88% rising 0.06% to 33,999.04. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B closed $57.83 below its 52-week high ($362.10), which the company achieved on March 29th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Honeywell International Inc. /zigman2/quotes/205583690/composite HON +0.64% rose 0.46% to $203.72, 3M Co. /zigman2/quotes/205029460/composite MMM +0.84% fell 0.51% to $146.68, and General Electric Co. /zigman2/quotes/208495069/composite GE +1.42% fell 0.89% to $79.21. Trading volume (2.8 M) remained 1.4 million below its 50-day average volume of 4.2 M.

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