DJ Duke Energy Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Duke Energy Corp. $(DUK)$ rallied 1.40% to $124.56 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.67% to 7,353.61 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.65% to 49,363.88.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Duke Energy Corp. closed 7.38% short of its 52-week high of $134.49, which the company reached on March 17th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as NextEra Energy Inc. $(NEE)$ rose 1.15% to $90.06, Southern Co. $(SO)$ rose 0.46% to $94.14, and Dominion Energy Inc. (D) rose 0.84% to $68.13.
Trading volume (4.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 19, 2026.
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