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Shares of Microsoft Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207732364/composite MSFT +0.47% inched 0.71% higher to $282.30 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +0.11% falling 0.42% to 4,122.47 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +0.13% falling 0.18% to 32,774.41. The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak. Microsoft Corp. closed $67.37 short of its 52-week high ($349.67), which the company achieved on November 22nd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Apple Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202934861/composite AAPL +0.22% rose 0.03% to $164.92, Alphabet Inc. Cl A /zigman2/quotes/202490156/lastsale GOOGL +0.07% fell 0.57% to $116.63, and SAP SE ADR /zigman2/quotes/207905606/composite SAP -0.37% fell 0.60% to $93.76. Trading volume (23.1 M) remained 4.2 million below its 50-day average volume of 27.4 M.
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