Shares of Penn National Gaming Inc. PENN rose 3.19% to $45.61 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP rising 3.41% to 14,239.88 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 1.17% to 35,131.86. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains. Penn National Gaming Inc. closed $96.39 below 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 rose 0.99% to $59.46, Caesars Entertainment Inc. CZR rose 4.34% to $76.14, and Churchill Downs Inc. CHDN rose 4.27% to $210.30. Trading volume (4.8 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.4 M.
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