Shares of Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +0.35% shed 1.78% to $3,326.02 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.34% falling 0.63% to 4,602.45 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.40% falling 0.19% to 35,228.81. The stock’s fall snapped a four-day winning streak. Amazon.com Inc. closed $447.06 short of its 52-week high ($3,773.08), which the company achieved on July 13th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as eBay Inc. EBAY, +0.79% fell 1.41% to $59.36, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL, +0.78% fell 0.40% to $2,838.77, and Walmart Inc. WMT, +1.40% rose 1.79% to $149.87. Trading volume (2.6 M) remained 1.5 million below its 50-day average volume of 4.1 M.
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