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Shares of Deere & Co. advanced 4.3% to $647.47 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.4% to 7,674.37 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.0% to 53,277.01.

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

Deere & Co. closed 4.0% short of its 52-week high of $674.19, which the company achieved on February 19th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its peers, as Caterpillar Inc. rose 1.5% to $827.90, CNH Industrial N.V. rose 8.4% to $11.87, and Toro Co. rose 1.69% to $99.44.

Trading volume totaled 2.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.2 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet