Apple Inc. stock outperforms market on strong trading day

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Shares of Apple Inc.
AAPL,
+0.51%
inched 0.51% higher to $180.71 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
-0.63%
falling 0.63% to 13,574.22 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-0.51%
falling 0.51% to 33,631.14.

This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains.

Apple Inc. closed $17.52 below its 52-week high ($198.23), which the company reached on July 19th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
-0.38%
fell 0.38% to $331.16, Alphabet Inc. Cl C
GOOG,
-1.00%
fell 1.00% to $140.29, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
-1.12%
fell 1.12% to $138.97.

Trading volume (56.4 M) remained 4.0 million below its 50-day average volume of 60.4 M.


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