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Shares of Western Digital Corp. advanced 5.3% to $536.01 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.5% to 7,745.06 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.5% to 53,459.78.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains.
Western Digital Corp. closed 33.0% below its 52-week high of $799.87, which the company reached on June 18th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Seagate Technology Holdings PLC rose 2.2% to $994.79, NetApp Inc. fell 1.4% to $204.20, and Western Digital Corp. rose 5.35% to $536.01.
Trading volume totaled 9.1 million, compared to the 50-day average of 9.0 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet