DJ Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. $(HII)$ rose 1.19% to $427.99 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.36% to 6,624.70 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.63% to 46,225.15.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of gains.
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. closed 6.96% below its 52-week high of $460.00, which the company reached on March 2nd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) rose 0.94% to $642.28, Northrop Grumman Corp. $(NOC)$ rose 0.11% to $724.84, and General Dynamics Corp. (GD) fell 0.82% to $353.36.
Trading volume (453,775) remained 128,797 below its 50-day average volume of 582,572.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 18, 2026.
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March 18, 2026 17:11 ET (21:11 GMT)
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