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Shares of Hershey Co. rose 3.5% to $161.32 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.4% to 5,912.17 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.3% to 42,215.73.
Hershey Co. closed 22.5% short of its 52-week high of $208.03, which the company reached on December 9th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors, as PepsiCo Inc. rose 1.0% to $131.92, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A rose 1.3% to $67.47, and Kellanova rose 0.29% to $82.50.
Trading volume totaled 2.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.7 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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May 29, 2025 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)
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