Altria (MO) Stock Falls Amid Market Uptick: What Investors Need to Know

Altria (MO) closed at $51.04 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.62% move from the prior day. The stock fell short of the S&P 500, which registered a gain of 1.83% for the day. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 1.65%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 2.45%.The the stock of owner of Philip Morris USA, the nation's largest cigarette maker has fallen by 5.12% in the past month, leading the Consumer Staples sector's loss of 7.07% and undershooting the S&P 500's loss of 3.31%.The investment community will be pa ...