Shares of United Rentals Inc.
URI,
rose 1.22% to $351.52 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
remaining mostly unchanged at 33,597.92 and the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
falling 0.19% to 3,933.92. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains. United Rentals Inc. closed $17.09 short of its 52-week high ($368.61), which the company reached on March 29th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Herc Holdings Inc.
HRI,
rose 1.65% to $128.41. Trading volume (664,465) remained 39,107 below its 50-day average volume of 703,572.
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