Published on 22 Sep 2021 on Market Watch
Shares of Apple Inc. rose 1.69% to $145.85 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 1.02% to 14,896.85 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.00% to 34,258.32. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. Apple Inc. closed $11.41 below its 52-week high ($157.26), which the company achieved on September 7th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Microsoft Corp. rose 1.28% to $298.58, Alphabet Inc. Cl A rose 0.90% to $2,805.67, and International Business Machines Corp. rose 1.25% to $134.63. Trading volume (75.3 M) remained 2.9 million below its 50-day average volume of 78.2 M.