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Shares of Leidos Holdings Inc. shed 3.9% to $133.78 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.5% to 7,666.60 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.6% to 53,061.95.

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

Leidos Holdings Inc. closed 35.0% below its 52-week high of $205.77, which the company achieved on November 4th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as RTX Corp. fell 2.1% to $200.78, Lockheed Martin Corp. fell 2.4% to $531.55, and Northrop Grumman Corp. fell 1.71% to $523.82.

Trading volume totaled 966,244, compared to the 50-day average of 1.5 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet