Apple Inc. stock falls Monday, underperforms market

Shares of Apple Inc.
AAPL,
-0.07%
slipped 0.07% to $178.72 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
+1.20%
rising 1.20% to 13,567.98 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.93%
rising 0.93% to 33,984.54.

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

Apple Inc. closed $19.51 below its 52-week high ($198.23), which the company achieved on July 19th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
+1.50%
rose 1.50% to $332.64, Alphabet Inc. Cl C
GOOG,
+1.38%
rose 1.38% to $140.49, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
+1.26%
rose 1.26% to $139.10.

Trading volume (51.8 M) remained 8.5 million below its 50-day average volume of 60.3 M.


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