Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) shares rose 1.27% to $218.25, outperforming competitors like J.B. Hunt and Knight-Swift during a broader market decline on July 8, 2026. This gain ended a three-day losing streak for ODFL, which remains 13.40% below its 52-week high of $252.03. Trading volume was lower than the 50-day average.
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Shares of Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. (ODFL) rallied 1.27% to $218.25 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.28% to 7,482.71 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.09% to 52,348.39.
The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. closed 13.40% short of its 52-week high of $252.03, which the company reached on June 9th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (JBHT) rose 0.53% to $276.45, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. Cl A (KNX) rose 0.86% to $74.98, and Saia Inc. (SAIA) fell 0.32% to $414.65.
Trading volume (1.5 M) remained 526,525 below its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 8, 2026.
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