Shares of Penn National Gaming Inc. PENN slid 6.72% to $39.02 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP falling 2.22% to 13,888.82 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.42% to 34,496.51. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Penn National Gaming Inc. closed $67.75 short of its 52-week high ($106.77), which the company reached on April 8th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday,…