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Shares of Autodesk Inc. rallied 4.5% to $221.56 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.7% to 7,773.95 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.2% to 51,267.90.

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

Autodesk Inc. closed 32.1% short of its 52-week high of $326.20, which the company reached on October 6th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Adobe Inc. rose 0.5% to $238.79, Oracle Corp. rose 0.1% to $142.48, and Trimble Inc. rose 2.24% to $58.81.

Trading volume totaled 3.1 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.2 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet