Apple Inc. stock rises Tuesday, still underperforms market

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Shares of Apple Inc.
AAPL,
+0.25%
inched 0.25% higher to $173.44 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
+0.93%
rising 0.93% to 13,139.87 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.62%
rising 0.62% to 33,141.38.

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

Apple Inc. closed $24.79 short of its 52-week high ($198.23), which the company achieved on July 19th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
+0.37%
rose 0.37% to $330.53, Alphabet Inc. Cl C
GOOG,
+1.61%
rose 1.61% to $140.12, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
+1.69%
rose 1.69% to $138.81.

Trading volume (43.5 M) remained 14.8 million below its 50-day average volume of 58.2 M.


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