DJ Principal Financial Group Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. $(PFG)$ advanced 1.48% to $87.73 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.25% to 6,716.09 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.10% to 46,993.26.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Principal Financial Group Inc. closed 10.37% short of its 52-week high of $97.88, which the company reached on February 6th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Chubb Ltd. $(CB)$ rose 0.23% to $330.87, MetLife Inc. $(MET)$ rose 0.20% to $69.30, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. $(BK)$ rose 0.64% to $116.12.
Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 345,572 below its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 17, 2026.
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