AT&T stock slips 1.21% and underperforms rivals

14 articles · Updated · MarketWatch · May 7

Shares closed at $25.26 on Thursday, marking a fifth straight daily loss as the S&P 500 fell 0.38% and the Dow dropped 0.63%.
AT&T lagged Netflix, down 0.02%, Disney, up 0.56%, and Comcast, down 0.76%, during a broadly weak market session.
The stock finished 15.21% below its 52-week high of $29.79 reached on 15 September, while trading volume of 41.7 million topped its 50-day average.

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