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Shares of Microsoft Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207732364/composite MSFT +1.07% rallied 2.76% to $273.24 Friday, 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 +1.06% rising 2.47% to 4,158.24 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.05% rising 1.76% to 33,212.96. This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains. Microsoft Corp. closed $76.43 short of its 52-week high ($349.67), which the company reached on November 22nd.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Apple Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202934861/composite AAPL +1.62% rose 4.08% to $149.64, Alphabet Inc. Cl A /zigman2/quotes/202490156/composite GOOGL -0.21% rose 4.20% to $2,246.33, and SAP SE ADR /zigman2/quotes/207905606/composite SAP -0.02% rose 2.72% to $101.15. Trading volume (26.6 M) remained 6.0 million below its 50-day average volume of 32.6 M.
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