Microsoft Corp shares outperform the market on the strong trading day

Shares of Microsoft Corp. MSFT,
+ 1.22%
rose 1.22% to $ 232.33 on Tuesday, in what proved to be a tough global trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 SPX index,
-0.15%
falling 0.15% to 3,849.62 and the DIA Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
-0.07%
falling 0.07% to 30,937.04. This was the sixth consecutive day of earnings from the shares. Microsoft Corp. closed $ 0.53 below the 52-week high ($ 232.86), which the company reached on Sept. 2.

The shares showed mixed performance compared to some of its competitors on Tuesday, such as Apple Inc. AAPL,
+ 0.17%
rose 0.17% to $ 143.16, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL,
+ 0.72%
rose 0.72% to $ 1,907.95, and SAP SE ADR SAP,
+ 4.05%
increased 4.05% to $ 134.88. The trading volume (45.4 M) overshadowed its 50-day average volume of 26.5 M.

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