DJ Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. $(SPCE)$ surged 10.02% to $4.72 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.73% to 51,561.93 and the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 0.09% to 26,830.96.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. closed 46.97% short of its 52-week high of $8.90, which the company reached on June 1st.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as RTX Corp. $(RTX)$ rose 3.98% to $179.41, Boeing Co. $(BA)$ rose 3.25% to $217.42, and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) rose 1.37% to $519.05.
Trading volume (74.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 24.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 4, 2026.
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