DJ Applied Materials Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Applied Materials Inc. $(AMAT)$ shed 1.61% to $406.91 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.67% to 7,353.61 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.65% to 49,363.88.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses.
Applied Materials Inc. closed 9.26% below its 52-week high of $448.45, which the company reached on May 14th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Broadcom Inc. $(AVGO)$ fell 2.29% to $411.07, Qualcomm Inc. $(QCOM)$ fell 3.94% to $195.61, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. $(AMD)$ fell 1.65% to $414.05.
Trading volume (8.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 6.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 19, 2026.
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May 19, 2026 16:33 ET (20:33 GMT)
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