NOV Inc stock slips 2.93% and underperforms competitors

3 articles · Updated · MarketWatch · May 1

The shares closed at $19.86 on Friday, lagging SLB, Baker Hughes and Halliburton in a mixed US market session.
It was NOV's second straight daily decline, leaving the stock 5.11% below its 52-week high of $20.93 reached on 27 April.
Trading volume was 4.7 million shares, about 296,846 below its 50-day average of 5.0 million, suggesting lighter-than-usual activity during the drop.

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