Shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B
BRK.B,
shed 1.45% to $343.04 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
falling 1.37% to 4,229.45 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
falling 1.29% to 33,002.38.
This was the stock’s sixth consecutive day of losses.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B closed $30.30 short of its 52-week high ($373.34), which the company reached on September 19th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Honeywell International Inc.
HON,
fell 0.80% to $181.14, General Electric Co.
GE,
fell 0.95% to $107.76, and Illinois Tool Works Inc.
ITW,
rose 0.14% to $230.41.
Trading volume (3.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.1 M.
Editor’s Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
Read the full article here
