Norfolk Southern Corp. stock falls Thursday, underperforms market Company Close Updates

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Shares of Norfolk Southern Corp. /zigman2/quotes/200877725/composite NSC -1.97% dropped 0.19% to $246.06 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX -0.09% falling 0.13% to 3,930.08 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA -0.62% falling 0.33% to 31,730.30. Norfolk Southern Corp. closed $53.14 short of its 52-week high ($299.20), which the company achieved on December 31st.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Union Pacific Corp. /zigman2/quotes/209717171/composite UNP -2.56% rose 0.92% to $225.93, Canadian National Railway Co. /zigman2/quotes/208205632/composite CNI -0.50% rose 0.04% to $111.28, and CSX Corp. /zigman2/quotes/208536759/composite CSX -2.86% fell 0.51% to $33.00. Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 107,801 below its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.

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