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Shares of Dollar General Corp. shed 4.6% to $132.69 on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.5% to 7,623.68 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.2% to 52,215.16.
Dollar General Corp. closed 16.1% below its 52-week high of $158.23, which the company achieved on February 26th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Amazon.com Inc. fell 1.0% to $248.00, Walmart Inc. fell 1.0% to $119.89, and Costco Wholesale Corp. fell 1.46% to $1,003.32.
Trading volume totaled 1.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.4 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet