DJ Hershey Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ rallied 1.39% to $220.11 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.01% to 6,699.38 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.83% to 46,946.41.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Hershey Co. closed 8.09% 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 Monday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ fell 1.35% to $157.72, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ rose 4.14% to $57.16, and J.M. Smucker Co. $(SJM)$ fell 1.03% to $104.99.
Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 600,083 below its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 16, 2026.
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March 16, 2026 16:52 ET (20:52 GMT)
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