DJ Hershey Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ rallied 1.07% to $159.30 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.19% to 7,666.45 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.04% to 50,926.56.
The stock's rise snapped a six-day losing streak.
Hershey Co. closed 33.48% short of its 52-week high of $239.48, which the company reached on March 2nd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) fell 0.88% to $125.60, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ fell 0.10% to $57.76, and J.M. Smucker Co. (SJM) fell 2.49% to $115.95.
Trading volume (2.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled October 1, 2026.