Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B stock rises Thursday, still underperforms market

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Shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B BRK.B,
+0.42%
inched 0.42% higher to $311.86 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
+1.47%
rising 1.47% to 4,179.76 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
-0.11%
falling 0.11% to 34,053.94. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B closed $50.24 short of its 52-week high ($362.10), which the company achieved on March 29th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Honeywell International Inc. HON,
+0.32%
rose 0.32% to $207.38, General Electric Co. GE,
+1.97%
rose 1.97% to $83.94, and Illinois Tool Works Inc. ITW,
+4.59%
rose 4.59% to $250.54. Trading volume (4.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.6 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.

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