Whirlpool Corp. stock rises Monday, still underperforms market

Shares of Whirlpool Corp. WHR, inched 0.82% higher to $121.94 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around positive 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. This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains. Whirlpool Corp. closed $38.80 short of its 52-week high ($160.74), which the company achieved on February 2nd. Trading volume (696,533) remained 395,860 below its 50-day average volume of 1.1 M. Editor's Note: This story was...