Alphabet Inc. Cl A stock outperforms market on strong trading day

Shares of Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
+2.46%
rose 2.46% to $132.58 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
+0.99%
rising 0.99% to 4,582.23 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.50%
rising 0.50% to 35,459.29.

This was the stock’s sixth consecutive day of gains.

Alphabet Inc. Cl A closed $0.66 short of its 52-week high ($133.24), which the company achieved on July 27th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
+2.31%
rose 2.31% to $338.37, Amazon.com Inc.
AMZN,
+3.09%
rose 3.09% to $132.21, and Meta Platforms Inc.
META,
+4.42%
rose 4.42% to $325.48.

Trading volume (36.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 34.0 M.

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