Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day

Dow Jones
May 30

DJ Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day

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Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. $(SPCE)$ rocketed 36.42% to $6.18 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 0.20% to 26,972.62 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.72% to 51,032.46.

This was the stock's sixth consecutive day of gains.

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $5.23, which the company reached on October 16th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as RTX Corp. $(RTX)$ rose 0.39% to $179.66, Boeing Co. $(BA)$ rose 1.04% to $231.15, and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) fell 1.26% to $530.45.

Trading volume (175.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 11.3 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 29, 2026.

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