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Shares of Meta Platforms Inc. rose 6.6% to $653.69 on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 0.6% to 26,253.34 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.8% to 52,380.66.

Meta Platforms Inc. closed 17.3% below its 52-week high of $790.80, which the company achieved on September 19th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Apple Inc. fell 0.3% to $315.34, Microsoft Corp. fell 0.5% to $491.65, and Alphabet Inc. Cl C fell 2.09% to $328.38.

Trading volume totaled 35.3 million, compared to the 50-day average of 18.0 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet