DJ Applied Materials Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Applied Materials Inc. $(AMAT)$ slipped 1.34% to $391.62 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.24% to 7,109.14 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.01% to 49,442.56.
Applied Materials Inc. closed 3.85% short of its 52-week high of $407.29, which the company achieved on April 10th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Broadcom Inc. $(AVGO)$ fell 1.70% to $399.63, Qualcomm Inc. $(QCOM)$ rose 0.97% to $137.52, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. $(AMD)$ fell 1.24% to $274.95.
Trading volume (3.7 M) remained 3.3 million below its 50-day average volume of 7.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 20, 2026.
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April 20, 2026 16:33 ET (20:33 GMT)
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