Apple Inc. stock rises Monday, still underperforms market

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Shares of Apple Inc.
AAPL,
+0.66%
inched 0.66% higher to $179.36 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
+1.14%
rising 1.14% to 13,917.89 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.25%
rising 0.25% to 34,663.72.

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

Apple Inc. closed $18.87 short of its 52-week high ($198.23), which the company achieved on July 19th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
+1.10%
rose 1.10% to $337.94, Alphabet Inc. Cl C
GOOG,
+0.39%
rose 0.39% to $137.74, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
+0.40%
rose 0.40% to $136.92.

Trading volume (58.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 56.1 M.


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