Apple Inc. stock falls Tuesday, underperforms market

Shares of Apple Inc.
AAPL,
-0.88%
shed 0.88% to $177.15 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.04%
rising 0.04% to 33,997.65 and the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
-0.25%
falling 0.25% to 13,533.75.

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

Apple Inc. closed $21.08 below its 52-week high ($198.23), which the company reached on July 19th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
-0.17%
fell 0.17% to $332.06, Alphabet Inc. Cl C
GOOG,
+0.36%
rose 0.36% to $140.99, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
+0.45%
rose 0.45% to $139.72.

Trading volume (57.4 M) remained 1.7 million below its 50-day average volume of 59.1 M.


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