Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B stock falls Wednesday, still outperforms market – MarketWatch

Shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B BRK.B, +1.86% slid 0.69% to $303.43 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.75% falling 1.20% to 3,783.22 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.05% falling 1.10% to 32,875.71. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B closed $58.67 below its 52-week high ($362.10), which the company reached on March 29th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Honeywell International Inc. HON, +1.21% fell 1.26% to $212.19, General Electric Co. GE, +2.17% fell 1.05% to $81.97, and 3M Co. MMM, +1.93% fell 1.61% to $118.29.true Trading volume (2.6 M) remained 1.3 million below its 50-day average volume of 3.9 M.
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