Published on 30 Sep 2022 on Market Watch
Shares of Alphabet Inc. Cl A shed 1.82% to $95.65 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.51% to 3,585.62 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.71% to 28,725.51. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Alphabet Inc. Cl A closed $55.90 short of its 52-week high ($151.55), which the company reached on February 2nd.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Apple Inc. fell 3.00% to $138.20 and Microsoft Corp. fell 1.94% to $232.90. Trading volume (32.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 27.8 M.