DJ Hershey Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ rallied 2.91% to $188.79 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.21% to 7,707.98 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.22% to 53,463.05.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Hershey Co. closed 21.17% below its 52-week high of $239.48, which the company reached on March 2nd.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ rose 1.75% to $142.58, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ rose 2.39% to $64.16, and J.M. Smucker Co. $(SJM)$ rose 3.66% to $122.84.
Trading volume (1.3 M) remained 709,806 below its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 19, 2026.