DJ Southern Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Southern Co. (SO) advanced 2.24% to $91.18 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.09% to 7,659.44 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.34% to 52,002.41.
Southern Co. closed 9.58% short of its 52-week high of $100.84, which the company reached on October 16th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as NextEra Energy Inc. $(NEE)$ rose 1.06% to $79.80, Dominion Energy Inc. (D) rose 1.11% to $63.56, and American Electric Power Co. Inc. (AEP) rose 2.29% to $127.14.
Trading volume (8.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 5.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled October 16, 2026.