DJ Southern Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Southern Co. $(SO)$ advanced 1.24% to $88.89 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 3.46% to 5,268.05 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 2.50% to 39,593.66.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Southern Co. closed 5.89% short of its 52-week high of $94.45, which the company reached on October 24th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as NextEra Energy Inc. $(NEE)$ fell 1.27% to $66.72, Dominion Energy Inc. $(D)$ fell 0.61% to $51.93, and American Electric Power Co. Inc. $(AEP)$ rose 0.83% to $103.20.
Trading volume (7.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 5.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 10, 2025.
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April 10, 2025 16:39 ET (20:39 GMT)
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