Amazon.com Inc. stock outperforms market on strong trading day
Shares of Amazon.com Inc. rallied 2.87% to $89.87 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.70% to 3,919.25 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.56% to 33,704.10. This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains. Amazon.com Inc. closed $80.96 below its 52-week high ($170.83), which the company achieved on March 29th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Apple Inc. rose 0.45% to $130.73, Microsoft Corp. rose 0.76% to $228.85, and Alphabet Inc. Cl C rose 0.50% to $89.24. Trading volume (67.3 M) remained 20.7 million below its 50-day average volume of 88.0 M.
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