Facebook Inc. Cl A shares rise on Friday, outperforming the market

Shares of Facebook Inc. Cl A FB,
+ 0.60%
advanced 0.60% higher to $ 274.50 on Friday in what proved to be a general mixed trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP,
+ 0.09%
increasing 0.09% to 13,543.06 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
-0.57%
falling 0.57% to 30,996.98. This was the fifth consecutive day of earnings for the stock. Facebook Inc. Cl A closed $ 30.17 below its 52-week high ($ 304.67), which the company reached on August 26.

The stock showed mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors on Friday, such as Microsoft Corp. MSFT,
+ 0.44%
rose 0.44% to $ 225.95, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL,
+ 0.45%
rose 0.45% to $ 1,892.56, and Twitter Inc. TWTR,
+ 1.99%
rose 1.99% to $ 48.06. Turnover (21.7 M) exceeded its average 50-day volume of 17.3 M.

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