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Shares of Micron Technology Inc. rose 5.0% to $1,096.16 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index remaining mostly unchanged at 7,764.64 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.4% to 51,863.69.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains.
Micron Technology Inc. closed 12.7% short of its 52-week high of $1,255.00, which the company reached on June 25th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Intel Corp. rose 1.7% to $123.86, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rose 1.3% to $623.77, and Applied Materials Inc. rose 1.77% to $472.46.
Trading volume totaled 28.6 million, compared to the 50-day average of 34.4 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet