Apple Inc. stock rises Monday, outperforms market

Shares of Apple Inc.
AAPL,
+1.46%
advanced 1.46% to $179.23 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
+0.30%
rising 0.30% to 13,518.78 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.10%
rising 0.10% to 34,095.86.

Apple Inc. closed $19.00 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,
+1.06%
rose 1.06% to $356.53, Alphabet Inc. Cl C
GOOG,
+0.83%
rose 0.83% to $131.45, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
+0.89%
rose 0.89% to $130.25.

Trading volume (63.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 59.9 M.


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