Power Corp. of Canada stock rises Wednesday, outperforms market

Shares of Power Corp. of Canada
POW,
+0.44%
inched 0.44% higher to C$38.86 Wednesday, in what proved to be an otherwise all-around negative trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index
GSPTSE,
-0.64%
falling 0.64% to 21,932.18. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains. Power Corp. of Canada closed C$5.67 short of its 52-week high (C$44.53), which the company achieved on August 31st. Trading volume of 3.1 M shares eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.2 M.

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