DJ McKesson Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of McKesson Corp. $(MCK)$ rallied 2.40% to $858.90 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.43% to 7,674.37 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.98% to 53,277.01.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
McKesson Corp. closed 14.02% short of its 52-week high of $999.00, which the company achieved on March 3rd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) fell 0.57% to $258.63, UnitedHealth Group Inc. $(UNH)$ rose 1.37% to $390.11, and CVS Health Corp. $(CVS)$ fell 0.67% to $93.02.
Trading volume (1.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 21, 2026.