DJ Applied Materials Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Applied Materials Inc. $(AMAT)$ rose 1.60% to $562.80 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.21% to 7,408.30 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.97% to 51,711.65.
Applied Materials Inc. closed 23.91% below its 52-week high of $739.67, which the company achieved on June 30th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Broadcom Inc. $(AVGO)$ fell 1.09% to $392.47, Qualcomm Inc. $(QCOM)$ fell 2.57% to $171.11, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. $(AMD)$ fell 2.29% to $539.69.
Trading volume (5.6 M) remained 4.6 million below its 50-day average volume of 10.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 23, 2026.
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July 23, 2026 16:32 ET (20:32 GMT)
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