DJ Smurfit Westrock PLC Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Smurfit Westrock PLC $(SW)$ rose 2.98% to $48.71 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.21% to 7,707.98 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.22% to 53,463.05.
The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.
Smurfit Westrock PLC closed 7.48% below its 52-week high of $52.65, which the company reached on February 12th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Northern Technologies International Corp. $(NTIC)$ remained unchanged.
Trading volume (4.1 M) remained 1.6 million below its 50-day average volume of 5.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 19, 2026.