DJ Southwest Airlines Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Southwest Airlines Co. $(LUV)$ rallied 2.81% to $47.97 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.08% to 7,500.58 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.14% to 51,564.70.
Southwest Airlines Co. closed 12.96% short of its 52-week high of $55.11, which the company reached on February 17th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Delta Air Lines Inc. $(DAL)$ rose 2.35% to $84.18, United Airlines Holdings Inc. $(UAL)$ rose 2.15% to $118.32, and American Airlines Group Inc. $(AAL)$ rose 3.70% to $15.99.
Trading volume (11.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 6.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 18, 2026.
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June 18, 2026 17:04 ET (21:04 GMT)
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