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title: "Hershey Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day"
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# Hershey Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day

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Shares of Hershey Co. (HSY) rallied 1.87% to $189.94 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.26% to 53,417.16 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.28% to 7,652.86.

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

Hershey Co. closed 20.69% below its 52-week high of $239.48, which the company achieved on March 2nd.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) rose 0.83% to $144.67, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A (MDLZ) rose 0.39% to $64.70, and J.M. Smucker Co. (SJM) rose 1.25% to $125.87.

Trading volume (1.1 M) remained 820,781 below its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 24, 2026.

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