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Shares of Northrop Grumman Corp. slipped 5.2% to $521.50 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.1% to 7,500.58 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.1% to 51,564.70.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.

Northrop Grumman Corp. closed 32.6% short of its 52-week high of $774.00, which the company reached on March 3rd.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as RTX Corp. fell 3.6% to $185.60, Boeing Co. fell 1.3% to $222.72, and Lockheed Martin Corp. fell 4.01% to $510.95.

Trading volume totaled 2.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 879,229.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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June 18, 2026 16:35 ET (20:35 GMT)

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