Shares of Zynga Inc. Cl A rise on Thursday, outperform the market

Shares of Zynga Inc. Cl A ZNGA,
+ 4.85%
rose 4.85% to $ 12.10 Thursday, in what proved to be a bleak trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP,
-0.72%
falling 0.72% to 13,865.36 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
-0.38%
falling 0.38% to 31,493.34. This was the second consecutive day of earnings for the stock. Zynga Inc. Cl A closed $ 0.17 short of its 52-week high ($ 12.27), which the company reached on February 11.

The stock surpassed some of its competitors Thursday, such as Microsoft Corp. MSFT,
-0.17%
fell 0.17% to $ 243.79, Electronic Arts Inc. EA,
+ 1.08%
increased 1.08% to $ 147.41, and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO,
+ 0.15%
rose 0.15% to $ 196.23. Turnover (48.7 M) exceeded its average 50-day volume of 24.1 M.

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