Verizon Communications Inc. stock underperforms Wednesday when compared to competitors

Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, slid 1.79% to $32.40 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, rising 0.02% to 4,274.51 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, falling 0.20% to 33,550.27. This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of losses. Verizon Communications Inc. closed $10.18 below its 52-week high ($42.58), which the company reached on January 6th. The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Apple Inc. AAPL, fell 0.89% to...