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Shares of Vistra Corp. rallied 3.9% to $166.72 on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.2% to 7,801.77 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.7% to 51,179.87.

This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of gains.

Vistra Corp. closed 23.2% short of its 52-week high of $217.10, which the company reached on October 16th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as NextEra Energy Inc. fell 1.1% to $77.06, Southern Co. remained unchanged, and American Electric Power Co. Inc. rose 0.34% to $122.08.

Trading volume totaled 11.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 5.2 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet