DJ Morgan Stanley Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Morgan Stanley $(MS)$ rose 1.87% to $224.96 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.21% to 7,420.10 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.98% to 51,492.55.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of gains.
Morgan Stanley hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $222.30, which the company reached on June 16th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as JPMorgan Chase & Co. $(JPM)$ rose 0.70% to $333.46, Wells Fargo & Co. $(WFC)$ fell 1.46% to $83.81, and Charles Schwab Corp. $(SCHW)$ rose 0.90% to $94.51.
Trading volume (8.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 5.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 17, 2026.
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June 17, 2026 16:33 ET (20:33 GMT)
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