DJ News Corp Cl B Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of News Corp Cl B (NWS) rose 1.25% to $33.13 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.49% to 54,349.12 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.17% to 7,723.55.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
News Corp Cl B closed 6.89% short of its 52-week high of $35.58, which the company achieved on August 6th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Alphabet Inc. Cl C $(GOOG)$ fell 4.05% to $360.13, Alphabet Inc. Cl A $(GOOGL)$ fell 4.03% to $362.43, and Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) fell 1.72% to $272.65.
Trading volume (1.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 5, 2026.