Dow Inc. stock outperforms market on strong trading day

Shares of Dow Inc. DOW rose 1.68% to $54.40 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.83% to 4,169.48 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.80% to 34,098.16.

This was the stock’s third consecutive day of gains.

Dow Inc. closed $16.38 short of…