Shares of Apple Inc.
AAPL,
rose 2.07% to $177.57 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
rising 1.78% to 13,294.19 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
rising 1.70% to 33,839.08.
This was the stock’s fifth consecutive day of gains.
Apple Inc. closed $20.66 short of its 52-week high ($198.23), which the company achieved on July 19th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
rose 0.65% to $348.32, Alphabet Inc. Cl C
GOOG,
rose 0.79% to $128.58, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
rose 0.82% to $127.49.
Trading volume (66.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 58.9 M.
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