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Shares of Micron Technology Inc. rallied 4.1% to $1,011.75 on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.5% to 7,745.06 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.5% to 53,459.78.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of gains.
Micron Technology Inc. closed 19.4% short of its 52-week high of $1,255.00, which the company reached on June 25th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its peers, as Intel Corp. rose 1.0% to $103.49, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. fell 1.6% to $506.00, and Applied Materials Inc. rose 5.55% to $535.31.
Trading volume totaled 32.5 million, compared to the 50-day average of 49.2 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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