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Shares of Oracle Corp. rose 4.6% to $141.40 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.

The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.

Oracle Corp. closed 56.2% short of its 52-week high of $322.54, which the company achieved on October 16th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Microsoft Corp. rose 2.4% to $535.07, Alphabet Inc. Cl C rose 0.9% to $347.86, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A rose 0.97% to $351.66.

Trading volume totaled 25.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 29.8 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet