Shares of Penn National Gaming Inc. PENN, +3.62% rose 3.62% to $42.40 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, +0.63% rising 0.63% to 13,855.13 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.29% rising 0.29% to 34,364.50. The stock’s rise snapped a two-day losing streak. Penn National Gaming Inc. closed $99.60 short of its 52-week high ($142.00), which the company achieved on March 15th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Boyd Gaming Corp. BYD, +4.39% rose 4.39% to $58.92, Caesars Entertainment Inc. CZR, +5.25% rose 5.25% to $75.96, and Churchill Downs Inc. CHDN, +1.78% rose 1.78% to $206.94. Trading volume (7.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.4 M.
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