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Shares of Crown Castle Inc. jumped 15.6% to $79.64 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.6% to 7,811.54 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.8% to 51,654.95.

Crown Castle Inc. closed 20.8% below its 52-week high of $100.50, which the company reached on October 23rd.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Verizon Communications Inc. fell 8.7% to $41.65, AT&T Inc. fell 9.8% to $22.18, and T-Mobile US Inc. fell 13.27% to $148.58.

Trading volume totaled 14.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 3.3 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet