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Shares of General Mills Inc. shed 4.9% to $32.16 on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.3% to 7,651.54 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.9% to 50,906.05.

General Mills Inc. closed 37.3% short of its 52-week high of $51.26, which the company reached on October 7th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Mondelez International Inc. Cl A fell 1.7% to $57.82, Kraft Heinz Co. fell 3.1% to $22.72, and Hershey Co. fell 2.35% to $157.61.

Trading volume totaled 12.3 million, compared to the 50-day average of 9.1 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet