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Shares of KLA Corp. (KLAC) rallied 2.24% to $343.03 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.21% to 35,677.02 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.11% to 4,544.90. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. KLA Corp. closed $31.57 below its 52-week high ($374.60), which the company reached on September 17th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as ASML Holding N.V. (ASML.AE) rose 1.70% to $800.97, Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) rose 1.94% to $135.93, and Lam Research Corp. (LRCX) rose 0.24% to $556.74. Trading volume (1.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 927,384.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled October 22, 2021.
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