The shares of Microsoft Corp. outperform competitors despite losses on the day

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Shares of Microsoft Corp. MSFT,
-2.59%
down 2.59% to $ 212.25 on Wednesday, on what turned out to be an all-round favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
+ 0.57%
an increase of 0.57% to 3,748.14 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
+ 1.44%
rising 1.44% to 30,829.40. Microsoft Corp. closed at $ 20.61 below its 52-week high ($ 232.86), which the company hit on Sept. 2.

The stock performed mixed compared to some of its competitors on Wednesday, such as Apple Inc. AAPL,
-3.37%
declined 3.37% to $ 126.60, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL,
-0.99%
declined 0.99% to $ 1,722.88, and SAP SE ADR SAP,
-0.18%
fell 0.18% to $ 129.74. The trading volume (35.7 million) eclipsed the 50-day average volume of 28.4 million.

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