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Shares of Yum! Brands Inc. shed 3.8% to $140.77 on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.4% to 7,585.73 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.6% to 52,093.11.

Yum! Brands Inc. closed 17.3% below its 52-week high of $170.14, which the company reached on July 7th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its peers, as McDonald's Corp. fell 1.8% to $252.78, Starbucks Corp. fell 2.5% to $96.58, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. fell 5.94% to $34.83.

Trading volume totaled 2.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.5 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet