Microsoft Corp. shares outperform competitors despite losses on the day

Microsoft Corp. shares outperform competitors despite losses on the day

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Microsoft Corp shares. MSFT,
-2.59%
fell 2.59% to $ 212.25 on Wednesday, in what proved to be a totally favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 SPX index,
+ 0.57%
rising 0.57% to 3,748.14 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
+ 1.44%
increasing 1.44% to 30,829.40. Microsoft Corp. closed $ 20.61 short of its 52-week high ($ 232.86), which the company reached on September 2.

The stock showed mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors on Wednesday, such as Apple Inc. AAPL,
-3.37%
fell 3.37% to $ 126.60, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL,
-0.99%
fell 0.99% to $ 1,722.88 and SAP SE ADR SAP,
-0.18%
fell 0.18% to $ 129.74. Turnover (35.7 M) exceeded its average 50-day volume of 28.4 M.

Editor’s note: this story was automatically generated by Automated Insights using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.

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