Apple Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day


Shares of Apple Inc.
AAPL,
+1.93%

rallied 1.93% to $149.70 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
+1.88%

rising 1.88% to 11,323.33 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.10%

rising 0.10% to 33,747.86. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains. Apple Inc. closed $33.24 below its 52-week high ($182.94), which the company achieved on January 4th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
+1.70%

rose 1.70% to $247.11, Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
+2.63%

rose 2.63% to $96.41, and International Business Machines Corp.
IBM,
+1.37%

rose 1.37% to $143.17. Trading volume (93.6 M) remained 1.0 million below its 50-day average volume of 94.7 M.


Editor’s Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.



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