DJ News Corp Cl B Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of News Corp Cl B (NWS) rallied 2.28% to $34.55 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.43% to 7,674.37 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.98% to 53,277.01.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains.
News Corp Cl B closed 2.15% below its 52-week high of $35.31, which the company achieved on August 6th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Alphabet Inc. Cl C $(GOOG)$ rose 1.05% to $341.75, Alphabet Inc. Cl A $(GOOGL)$ rose 1.22% to $344.82, and Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) fell 0.57% to $258.63.
Trading volume (856,772) remained 717,019 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 21, 2026.