Shares of Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
inched 0.74% higher to $363.20 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
rising 0.10% to 4,382.78 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
falling 0.12% to 34,112.27.
This was the stock’s ninth consecutive day of gains.
Microsoft Corp. closed $3.58 short of its 52-week high ($366.78), which the company reached on July 18th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Apple Inc.
AAPL,
rose 0.59% to $182.89, Alphabet Inc. Cl C
GOOG,
rose 0.65% to $133.26, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
rose 0.66% to $131.84.
Trading volume (25.8 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 22.9 M.
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