Apple Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day

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Shares of Apple Inc.
AAPL,
+0.85%
inched 0.85% higher to $178.99 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
+0.39%
rising 0.39% to 13,484.24 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.59%
rising 0.59% to 33,604.65.

This was the stock’s fourth consecutive day of gains.

Apple Inc. closed $19.24 below its 52-week high ($198.23), which the company reached on July 19th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
+0.78%
rose 0.78% to $329.82, Alphabet Inc. Cl C
GOOG,
+0.56%
rose 0.56% to $139.50, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
+0.61%
rose 0.61% to $138.42.

Trading volume (42.3 M) remained 17.9 million below its 50-day average volume of 60.2 M.


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