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Shares of Dollar General Corp. slipped 5.8% to $117.88 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.4% to 6,556.37 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.2% to 46,124.06.
The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.
Dollar General Corp. closed 25.5% short of its 52-week high of $158.23, which the company reached on February 26th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Amazon.com Inc. fell 1.4% to $207.24, Walmart Inc. rose 1.1% to $122.05, and Costco Wholesale Corp. rose 0.84% to $973.82.
Trading volume totaled 4.5 million, compared to the 50-day average of 3.2 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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March 24, 2026 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)
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