Netflix Inc. stock falls Friday, still outperforms market

Shares of Netflix Inc. NFLX, -1.15% slipped 1.15% to $532.39 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.93% falling 1.93% to 3,714.24 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.03% falling 2.03% to 29,982.62. Netflix Inc. closed $60.90 short of its 52-week high ($593.29), which the company achieved on January 20th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.97% fell 0.97% to $3,206.20, Walt Disney Co. DIS, -2.16% fell 2.16% to $168.17, and Comcast Corp. Cl A CMCSA, -3.93% fell 3.93% to $49.57. Trading volume (4.2 M) remained 712,612 below its 50-day average volume of 4.9 M.