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

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Shares of Norfolk Southern Corp. /zigman2/quotes/200877725/composite NSC +0.55% slid 4.02% to $228.03 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +1.06% falling 0.58% to 3,900.79 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.05% falling 0.75% to 31,253.13. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Norfolk Southern Corp. closed $71.17 below its 52-week high ($299.20), which the company reached 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 +0.93% fell 3.77% to $216.50, Canadian National Railway Co. /zigman2/quotes/208205632/composite CNI +0.64% fell 1.59% to $110.91, and CSX Corp. /zigman2/quotes/208536759/composite CSX +0.96% fell 4.27% to $30.94. Trading volume (1.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.

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