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Shares of Oracle Corp. rose 5.7% to $154.04 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.1% to 7,747.71 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.2% to 53,686.11.

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

Oracle Corp. closed 55.4% short of its 52-week high of $345.72, which the company reached on September 10th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Microsoft Corp. rose 2.7% to $510.12, Alphabet Inc. Cl C rose 1.6% to $339.08, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A rose 1.59% to $342.48.

Trading volume totaled 24.5 million, compared to the 50-day average of 32.2 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet