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Shares of Facebook Inc. Cl A slid 1.15% to $324.76 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index (NASDAQ:COMP) rising 0.50% to 14,897.34 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW:DJIA) rising 1.09% to 35,294.76. The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak. Facebook Inc. Cl A closed $59.57 short of its 52-week high ($384.33), which the company achieved on September 1st.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Microsoft Corp. (NAS:MSFT) rose 0.48% to $304.21, Alphabet Inc. Cl A (NAS:GOOGL) rose 0.15% to $2,827.36, and Twitter Inc. fell 0.63% to $62.77. Trading volume (21.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 15.1 M.
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