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Shares of Yum! Brands Inc. advanced 4.4% to $152.33 on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.9% to 7,641.16 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.3% to 52,759.21.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Yum! Brands Inc. closed 10.5% below its 52-week high of $170.14, which the company reached on July 7th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as McDonald's Corp. rose 0.6% to $269.13, Starbucks Corp. fell 0.9% to $103.99, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. rose 1.82% to $35.29.
Trading volume totaled 4.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.6 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet