Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B stock falls Thursday, underperforms market

Shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B BRK.B, +0.06% slid 0.87% to $315.84 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.75% falling 0.09% to 4,076.57 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.55% falling 0.56% to 34,395.01. The stock’s fall snapped a two-day winning streak. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B closed $46.26 below its 52-week high ($362.10), which the company reached on March 29th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Allstate Corp. ALL, -0.06% fell 1.41% to $132.01, Allstate Corp. Dep. Pfd. (Rep. 1/1000th 4.75% Perp. Pfd. Series I) ALL.PRI, +0.64% rose 0.53% to $20.92, and Allstate Corp. Dep. Pfd. (Rep. 1/1000th Non-Cum. Perp. Pfd. Series G) ALL.PRG, -0.36% rose 0.85% to $23.60. Trading volume (4.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.2 M.
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