The Microsoft Corp. rises Tuesday and outperforms the market

Shares of Microsoft Corp. MSFT,
+ 1.78%
rose 1.78% to $ 216.44 on Tuesday, proving to be an all-round favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
+ 0.81%
up 0.81% to 3,798.91 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
+ 0.38%
increases by 0.38% to 30,930.52. The stock’s rise broke a two-day loss. Microsoft Corp. closed at $ 16.42 below its 52-week high of $ 232.86, which the company hit on Sept. 2.

The stock showed a mixed performance against some of its competitors on Tuesday, such as Apple Inc. AAPL,
+ 0.54%
Up 0.54% to $ 127.83, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL,
+ 3.29%
up 3.29% to $ 1,784.47, and SAP SE ADR SAP,
+ 1.66%
rose 1.66% to $ 127.08. The trade volume (29.6 million) eclipsed the 50-day average volume of 26.8 million.

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