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Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. /zigman2/quotes/208333884/composite SPCE +0.49% advanced 1.87% to $8.73 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index /zigman2/quotes/210598365/realtime COMP +1.58% rising 1.28% to 14,194.45 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +0.98% rising 1.06% to 35,462.78. Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. closed $51.94 short of its 52-week high ($60.67), which the company achieved on February 11th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Southwest Airlines Co. /zigman2/quotes/201071949/composite LUV +3.19% rose 3.30% to $46.07, Delta Air Lines Inc. /zigman2/quotes/200327741/composite DAL +2.26% rose 4.08% to $42.61, and Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR /zigman2/quotes/204098489/composite RYAAY +3.50% rose 1.73% to $120.70. Trading volume (8.3 M) remained 6.5 million below its 50-day average volume of 14.8 M.
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