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Shares of Applied Materials Inc. slid 5.6% to $322.32 on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.4% to 6,939.03 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.4% to 48,892.47.
The stock's fall snapped a three-day winning streak.
Applied Materials Inc. closed 6.5% below its 52-week high of $344.60, which the company reached on January 29th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its peers, as Broadcom Inc. rose 0.2% to $331.30, Qualcomm Inc. fell 0.4% to $151.59, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. fell 6.13% to $236.73.
Trading volume totaled 9.6 million, compared to the 50-day average of 7.2 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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January 30, 2026 16:35 ET (21:35 GMT)
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