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Shares of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. slid 5.7% to $259.88 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.3% to 53,417.16 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.3% to 7,652.86.
The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. closed 13.3% short of its 52-week high of $299.76, which the company reached on July 16th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. fell 2.4% to $201.48, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. Cl A fell 3.5% to $69.12, and Saia Inc. fell 3.48% to $349.54.
Trading volume totaled 1.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 985,596.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet