Shares of Microsoft Corp. rose Tuesday, beating the market

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Shares of Microsoft Corp. MSFT,
+ 1.78%
rose 1.78% to $ 216.44 on Tuesday, in what proved to be a favorable global trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 SPX index,
+ 0.81%
rising 0.81% to 3,798.91 and the DIA Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
+ 0.38%
rising 0.38% to 30,930.52. The rise in shares led to a two-day streak of defeat. Microsoft Corp. closed at $ 16.42 below the 52-week high ($ 232.86), which the company hit on Sept. 2.

The shares showed mixed performance compared to some of its competitors on Tuesday, such as Apple Inc. AAPL,
+ 0.54%
rose 0.54% to $ 127.83, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL,
+ 3.29%
rose 3.29% to $ 1,784.47, and SAP SE ADR SAP,
+ 1.66%
rose 1.66% to $ 127.08. The trading volume (29.6 M) overshadowed its 50-day average volume of 26.8 M.

Editor’s Note: This story was automatically generated by Automated Insights using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. Consult the conditions of use of our market data.

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