Published on 18 Nov 2022 on Market Watch
Shares of Apple Inc. inched 0.38% higher to $151.29 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 0.01% to 11,146.06 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.59% to 33,745.69. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. Apple Inc. closed $31.65 short of its 52-week high ($182.94), which the company reached on January 4th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Microsoft Corp. fell 0.19% to $241.22, Alphabet Inc. Cl A fell 0.95% to $97.43, and International Business Machines Corp. rose 1.06% to $147.64. Trading volume (74.3 M) remained 20.4 million below its 50-day average volume of 94.7 M.