U.S. Bancorp stock outperforms market on strong trading day

Shares of U.S. Bancorp
USB,
+1.71%
rose 1.71% to $57.85 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
+0.33%
rising 0.33% to 4,280.70 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.69%
rising 0.69% to 34,433.84. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of gains. U.S. Bancorp closed $4.62 short of its 52-week high ($62.47), which the company achieved on May 18th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Bank of America Corp.
BAC,
+1.93%
rose 1.93% to $41.62, Citigroup Inc.
C,
+0.32%
rose 0.32% to $71.55, and Wells Fargo & Co.
WFC,
+2.66%
rose 2.66% to $46.38. Trading volume (4.9 M) remained 1.4 million below its 50-day average volume of 6.3 M.

Editor’s Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.

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