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Shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. rose 5.0% to $54.44 on what proved to be an all-around positive 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.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. closed 15.3% below its 52-week high of $64.25, which the company reached on June 2nd.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Apple Inc. rose 1.0% to $328.21, Microsoft Corp. rose 2.7% to $510.12, and Cisco Systems Inc. fell 0.77% to $108.61.

Trading volume totaled 71.7 million, compared to the 50-day average of 18.4 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet