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Shares of Apple Inc. rose 3.6% to $326.57 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 0.7% to 26,081.72 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.6% to 52,064.10.
The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.
Apple Inc. closed 5.2% short of its 52-week high of $344.57, which the company reached on July 29th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Microsoft Corp. rose 0.2% to $492.44, Alphabet Inc. Cl C rose 0.6% to $330.39, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A rose 0.59% to $332.60.
Trading volume totaled 69.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 48.6 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet