Dow Today – News Corp Cl A stock underperforms Tuesday when compared to competitors

Shares of News Corp Cl A
NWSA,
-1.45%
slipped 1.45% to $21.68 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.22%
falling 1.22% to 4,356.45 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-0.19%
falling 0.19% to 34,297.73. News Corp Cl A closed $6.29 below its 52-week high ($27.97), which the company achieved on May 10th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Thomson Reuters Corp.
TRI,
-1.31%
fell 1.31% to $104.94, RELX PLC ADR
RELX,
-0.79%
fell 0.79% to $30.06, and New York Times Co. Cl A
NYT,
-3.29%
fell 3.29% to $38.26. Trading volume (3.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.3 M.