Stock Market Today – Dollar General Corp. stock rises Wednesday, still underperforms market

Shares of Dollar General Corp.
DG,
+0.71%
inched 0.05% higher to $205.73 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
+0.42%
rising 0.15% to 4,079.95 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.17%
rising 0.05% to 33,446.26. Dollar General Corp. closed $19.52 below its 52-week high ($225.25), which the company achieved on November 9th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Walmart Inc.
WMT,
-0.06%
fell 0.21% to $139.80, Costco Wholesale Corp.
COST,
+0.67%
fell 0.36% to $358.81, and Target Corp.
TGT,
-0.48%
fell 0.48% to $204.45. Trading volume (1.7 M) remained 1.2 million below its 50-day average volume of 2.9 M.