DJ Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. $(SPCE)$ climbed 17.13% to $2.94 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 1.71% to 26,247.08 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.02% to 49,609.16.
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. closed 55.72% below its 52-week high of $6.64, which the company reached on May 16th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as RTX Corp. $(RTX)$ fell 0.39% to $176.09, Boeing Co. $(BA)$ rose 2.74% to $237.36, and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) fell 1.15% to $506.51.
Trading volume (16.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 6.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 8, 2026.
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