Shares of AT&T Inc. T, -0.43% inched 0.96% higher to $21.14 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.08% rising 0.95% to 4,160.68 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.81% rising 0.80% to 33,180.14. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains. AT&T Inc. closed $1.01 below its 52-week high ($22.15), which the company reached on July 2nd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, -0.19% rose 0.80% to $51.65, Walt Disney Co. DIS, -0.42% fell 0.04% to $107.79, and Comcast Corp. Cl A CMCSA, +0.49% rose 0.83% to $42.63. Trading volume (24.0 M) remained 27.5 million below its 50-day average volume of 51.4 M.