Smurfit Westrock PLC Stock Advances 4.3%, Outperforms Market

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Shares of Smurfit Westrock PLC rose 4.3% to $49.62 on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.3% to 7,728.20 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.3% to 53,791.85.

Smurfit Westrock PLC closed 5.8% short of its 52-week high of $52.65, which the company achieved on February 12th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Northern Technologies International Corp. fell 1.1% to $8.02.

Trading volume totaled 6.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 5.7 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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August 11, 2026 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)