DJ Southwest Airlines Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day

This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights.

Shares of Southwest Airlines Co. $(LUV)$ rose 1.38% to $45.52 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.32% to 7,728.20 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.34% to 53,791.85.

Southwest Airlines Co. closed 17.40% below its 52-week high of $55.11, which the company reached on February 17th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Delta Air Lines Inc. $(DAL)$ rose 1.35% to $90.41, United Airlines Holdings Inc. $(UAL)$ rose 2.06% to $126.31, and American Airlines Group Inc. $(AAL)$ rose 1.93% to $15.29.

Trading volume (3.1 M) remained 3.0 million below its 50-day average volume of 6.1 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 11, 2026.