Shares of Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL, +0.95% inched 0.96% higher to $1,422.86 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.29% rising 0.30% to 3,246.59 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.19% rising 0.20% to 26,815.44. Alphabet Inc. Cl A closed $303.24 below its 52-week high ($1,726.10), which the company achieved on September 2nd.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Apple Inc. AAPL, +1.02% rose 1.03% to $108.22, Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +1.29% rose 1.30% to $203.19, and Facebook Inc. Cl A FB, +0.20% rose 0.20% to $249.53. Trading volume (1.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.