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title: "Norfolk Southern Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day"
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# Norfolk Southern Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day

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Shares of Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) rallied 5.32% to $348.55 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.21% to 7,408.30 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.97% to 51,711.65.

The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.

Norfolk Southern Corp. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $342.53, which the company achieved on July 17th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) rose 4.02% to $304.33 and CSX Corp. (CSX) rose 5.77% to $52.81.

Trading volume (2.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.1 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 23, 2026.

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