Microsoft Corp shares. outperform the market on a strong trading day

Microsoft Corp shares. MSFT,
+ 1.22%
rose 1.22% to $ 232.33 on Tuesday in what proved to be a bleak trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 SPX index,
-0.15%
falling 0.15% to 3,849.62 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
-0.07%
falling 0.07% to 30,937.04. This was the sixth consecutive day of earnings for the stock. Microsoft Corp. closed $ 0.53 below 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 Tuesday, such as Apple Inc. AAPL
+ 0.17%
rose 0.17% to $ 143.16, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL,
+ 0.72%
rose 0.72% to $ 1,907.95, and SAP SE ADR SAP,
+ 4.05%
rose 4.05% to $ 134.88. Turnover (45.4 M) exceeded its average 50-day volume of 26.5 M.

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