Shares of Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
rose 3.07% to $340.67 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
falling 1.43% to 4,186.77 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
falling 0.32% to 33,035.93.
This was the stock’s third consecutive day of gains.
Microsoft Corp. closed $26.11 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,
fell 1.35% to $171.10, Alphabet Inc. Cl C
GOOG,
fell 9.60% to $126.67, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
fell 9.51% to $125.61.
Trading volume (54.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 21.2 M.
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