I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Alliant Energy Corp. (LNT) shares fell 2.30% to $67.86, marking its second consecutive day of losses and closing 13.89% below its 52-week high. Despite the decline, LNT outperformed competitors Duke Energy, Exelon, and Sempra on a positive trading day. Trading volume was below the 50-day average.
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Shares of Alliant Energy Corp. (LNT) slid 2.30% to $67.86 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.43% to 7,674.37 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.98% to 53,277.01.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Alliant Energy Corp. closed 13.89% short of its 52-week high of $78.81, which the company reached on July 7th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) fell 2.31% to $119.85, Exelon Corp. (EXC) fell 2.84% to $43.78, and Sempra (SRE) fell 5.14% to $82.89.
Trading volume (2.0 M) remained 597,027 below its 50-day average volume of 2.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 21, 2026.
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