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Shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. plunged 10.2% to $326.13 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.8% to 7,259.22 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.7% to 49,298.25.
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. closed 29.1% short of its 52-week high of $460.00, which the company reached on March 2nd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Lockheed Martin Corp. fell 1.8% to $508.93, Northrop Grumman Corp. fell 1.5% to $558.60, and General Dynamics Corp. remained unchanged.
Trading volume totaled 1.7 million, compared to the 50-day average of 469,845.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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May 05, 2026 16:33 ET (20:33 GMT)
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