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Shares of Netflix Inc. NFLX shed 4.95% to $520.70 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.31% to 3,819.72 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.39% to 31,270.09. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Netflix Inc. closed $72.59 short of its 52-week high ($593.29), which the company achieved on January 20th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN fell 2.89% to $3,005.00, Walt Disney Co. DIS fell 0.87% to $192.26, and Comcast Corp. Cl A CMCSA fell 0.96% to $53.73. Trading volume (5.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.7 M.
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