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Shares of Copart Inc. /zigman2/quotes/200378896/composite CPRT +2.95% rose 1.93% to $140.68 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +2.02% rising 0.28% to 4,726.35 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.34% rising 0.11% to 36,290.32. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. Copart Inc. closed $20.44 short of its 52-week high ($161.12), which the company achieved on November 16th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as CarMax Inc. /zigman2/quotes/204412041/composite KMX +5.19% rose 0.09% to $119.26, Lithia Motors Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202974783/composite LAD +3.90% rose 0.49% to $299.27, and AutoNation Inc. /zigman2/quotes/208363778/composite AN +0.38% fell 1.44% to $112.54. Trading volume (1.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 849,934.
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