Walmart Inc. stock rises Monday, still underperforms market

Shares of Walmart Inc. WMT, inched 0.98% higher to $158.25 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, rising 1.41% to 4,763.54 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, rising 0.58% to 37,683.01. Walmart Inc. closed $11.69 short of its 52-week high ($169.94), which the company achieved on November 15th. The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, rose 2.66% to $149.10. Trading volume (6.8 M) remained 1.4 million below...