Published on 5 Oct 2022 on Market Watch
Shares of Apple Inc. inched 0.21% higher to $146.40 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 0.25% to 11,148.64 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.14% to 30,273.87. This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains. Apple Inc. closed $36.54 below its 52-week high ($182.94), which the company achieved on January 4th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Microsoft Corp. rose 0.13% to $249.20, Alphabet Inc. Cl A fell 0.21% to $101.43, and International Business Machines Corp. rose 0.19% to $125.74. Trading volume (79.1 M) remained 3.2 million below its 50-day average volume of 82.3 M.