Packaging Corp. of America stock falls Thursday, underperforms market Company Close Updates

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Shares of Packaging Corp. of America /zigman2/quotes/207413697/composite PKG -0.10% slipped 1.39% to $135.22 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +1.30% falling 1.10% to 4,482.73 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.00% falling 0.89% to 34,715.39. Packaging Corp. of America closed $21.32 below its 52-week high ($156.54), which the company achieved on May 10th.

Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as International Paper Co. /zigman2/quotes/200533549/composite IP +0.03% fell 2.39% to $48.17, WestRock Co. /zigman2/quotes/202346656/composite WRK +2.52% fell 2.23% to $45.24, and Graphic Packaging Holding Co. /zigman2/quotes/203517136/composite GPK -0.60% fell 1.75% to $19.06.true Trading volume (443,518) remained 259,614 below its 50-day average volume of 703,132.

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