Stock Market Analysis Today – Netflix Inc. stock falls Thursday, underperforms market

Shares of Netflix Inc.
NFLX,
-1.36%
slipped 1.36% to $500.86 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-0.38%
falling 0.38% to 3,795.54 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-0.22%
falling 0.22% to 30,991.52. Netflix Inc. closed $74.51 below its 52-week high ($575.37), which the company achieved on July 13th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Amazon.com Inc.
AMZN,
-1.21%
fell 1.21% to $3,127.47, Walt Disney Co.
DIS,
-1.53%
fell 1.53% to $173.43, and Comcast Corp. Cl A
CMCSA,
-1.16%
fell 1.16% to $49.58. Trading volume (4.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.0 M.