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Shares of Micron Technology Inc. rallied 4.1% to $1,088.00 on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.2% to 7,801.77 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.7% to 51,179.87.
The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.
Micron Technology Inc. closed 13.3% short of its 52-week high of $1,255.00, which the company achieved on June 25th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Intel Corp. rose 0.6% to $113.12, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. fell 0.5% to $645.86, and Applied Materials Inc. fell 1.81% to $520.65.
Trading volume totaled 30.1 million, compared to the 50-day average of 30.4 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet