DJ KLA Corp. Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains

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Shares of KLA Corp. $(KLAC)$ rallied 1.48% to $1,567.82 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.06% to 6,940.01 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.17% to 49,359.33.

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

KLA Corp. closed 0.23% short of its 52-week high of $1,571.49, which the company reached on January 15th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) rose 2.49% to $327.01, Analog Devices Inc. $(ADI)$ fell 0.61% to $300.25, and Marvell Technology Inc. $(MRVL)$ rose 0.10% to $80.46.

Trading volume (1.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 962,988.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 16, 2026.

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January 16, 2026 16:34 ET (21:34 GMT)

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