Target Corp. Stock Advances 4.5%, Outperforms Peers

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Shares of Target Corp. rallied 4.5% to $165.44 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.4% to 7,674.37 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.0% to 53,277.01.

Target Corp. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $161.98, which the company achieved on August 19th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Amazon.com Inc. fell 0.6% to $258.63, Walmart Inc. rose 0.1% to $103.70, and Costco Wholesale Corp. rose 1.52% to $947.74.

Trading volume totaled 6.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 4.4 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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August 21, 2026 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)