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Shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. advanced 7.4% to $69.33 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.7% to 7,722.72 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.5% to 51,176.96.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $67.10, which the company reached on September 30th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Apple Inc. rose 1.0% to $333.69, Microsoft Corp. rose 0.9% to $517.53, and Cisco Systems Inc. rose 3.56% to $112.20.
Trading volume totaled 29.0 million, compared to the 50-day average of 20.8 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet