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Shares of Amazon.com Inc. rose 4.0% to $266.43 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average remaining mostly unchanged at 53,559.99 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.2% to 7,711.76.
The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.
Amazon.com Inc. closed 7.2% short of its 52-week high of $287.20, which the company achieved on August 3rd.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Apple Inc. rose 1.6% to $319.70, Microsoft Corp. rose 1.7% to $513.53, and Alphabet Inc. Cl C rose 1.53% to $342.88.
Trading volume totaled 47.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 50.4 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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