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Shares of KLA Corp. advanced 6.7% to $138.49 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.3% to 7,376.86 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.5% to 51,285.73.

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

KLA Corp. closed 54.9% short of its 52-week high of $307.37, which the company reached on June 30th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Applied Materials Inc. rose 4.2% to $332.72, Analog Devices Inc. rose 0.7% to $363.56, and Marvell Technology Inc. rose 5.73% to $141.20.

Trading volume totaled 15.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 11.0 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet