Microsoft Corp shares outperformed on Friday compared to competitors despite daily gains

Shares of Microsoft Corp. MSFT,
+ 0.61%
rose 0.61% to $ 219.62 on Friday in what turned out to be a favorable global trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 SPX index,
+ 0.55%
rising 0.55% to 3,824.68 and the DIA Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
+ 0.18%
rising 0.18% to 31,097.97. This was the second consecutive day of earnings from the shares. Microsoft Corp. closed at $ 13.24 below the 52-week high ($ 232.86), which the company reached on Sept. 2.

The shares performed lower compared to some of their competitors on Friday, such as Apple Inc. AAPL,
+ 0.86%
rose 0.86% to $ 132.05, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL,
+ 1.32%
rose 1.32% to $ 1,797.83, and SAP SE ADR SAP,
+ 1.83%
rose 1.83% to $ 131.16. Trading volume (22.9 M) remained 5.4 million below its 50.2-day average volume of 28.2 M.

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