Apple Inc. stock rises Tuesday, still underperforms market

Shares of Apple Inc.
AAPL,
+1.43%
advanced 1.43% to $187.44 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
+2.37%
rising 2.37% to 14,094.38 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+1.43%
rising 1.43% to 34,827.70.

Apple Inc. closed $10.79 below its 52-week high ($198.23), which the company reached on July 19th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
+0.98%
rose 0.98% to $370.27, Alphabet Inc. Cl C
GOOG,
+1.34%
rose 1.34% to $135.43, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
+1.16%
rose 1.16% to $133.62.

Trading volume (59.6 M) remained 938,761 below its 50-day average volume of 60.5 M.

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