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Shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. rallied 5.2% to $169.71 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.2% to 6,129.58 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.0% to 44,556.34.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. closed 43.3% short of its 52-week high of $299.50, which the company reached on March 5th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors, as Lockheed Martin Corp. rose 1.3% to $428.54, Northrop Grumman Corp. rose 0.6% to $441.36, and General Dynamics Corp. rose 0.27% to $242.60.
Trading volume totaled 1.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 626,999.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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February 18, 2025 16:39 ET (21:39 GMT)
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