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Shares of Corning Inc. rose 5.2% to $167.44 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.3% to 7,748.50 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average remaining mostly unchanged at 53,770.27.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.

Corning Inc. closed 38.4% below its 52-week high of $271.78, which the company achieved on June 30th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. fell 0.3% to $603.01, $Danaher Corp(DHR-W)$. fell 0.8% to $205.79, and Vistance Networks Inc. fell 1.03% to $11.58.

Trading volume totaled 10.0 million, compared to the 50-day average of 15.1 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet