Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc. stock outperforms market on strong trading day

Shares of Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc. PLAY, -2.36% rose 1.27% to $41.60 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, +1.01% rising 0.95% to 11,621.71 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.23% rising 0.08% to 33,978.08. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc. closed $10.94 below its 52-week high ($52.54), which the company reached on March 30th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Mondelez International Inc. Cl A MDLZ, -0.24% rose 0.31% to $64.72, Ruth's Hospitality Group Inc. RUTH, -2.63% fell 0.91% to $17.41, and TreeHouse Foods Inc. THS, +0.13% rose 0.36% to $47.71. Trading volume (702,714) remained 564,827 below its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.

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