DJ Southern Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Southern Co. (SO) rallied 1.34% to $83.45 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.17% to 7,670.84 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.26% to 51,349.92.
The stock's rise snapped a seven-day losing streak.
Southern Co. closed 17.24% short of its 52-week high of $100.84, which the company achieved on October 16th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as NextEra Energy Inc. $(NEE)$ rose 0.53% to $75.89, Dominion Energy Inc. (D) rose 0.60% to $60.64, and American Electric Power Co. Inc. (AEP) rose 0.93% to $119.30.
Trading volume (9.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 5.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 29, 2026.