Microsoft Corp shares rise on Tuesday, outperforming the market

Microsoft Corp shares. MSFT,
+ 1.78%
rose 1.78% to $ 216.44 on Tuesday, in what proved to be a totally favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 SPX index,
+ 0.81%
rising 0.81% to 3,798.91 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
+ 0.38%
increasing 0.38% to 30,930.52. The bullish stock spurred a two-day losing streak. Microsoft Corp. closed $ 16.42 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,
+ 0.54%
rose 0.54% to $ 127.83, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL,
+ 3.29%
rose 3.29% to $ 1,784.47 and SAP SE ADR SAP,
+ 1.66%
rose 1.66% to $ 127.08. Turnover (29.6 M) exceeded its average 50-day volume of 26.8 M.

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