DJ Wabtec Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Wabtec $(WAB)$ rallied 1.80% to $297.57 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.43% to 7,674.37 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.98% to 53,277.01.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Wabtec closed 2.96% below its 52-week high of $306.64, which the company achieved on July 29th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as GATX Corp. $(GATX)$ rose 0.14% to $176.94, Trinity Industries Inc. (TRN) rose 0.17% to $29.79, and Greenbrier Cos. Inc. $(GBX)$ rose 0.52% to $46.05.
Trading volume (1.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 970,969.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 21, 2026.