Shares of Intel Corp. INTC, +0.12% inched 0.12% higher to $40.61 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.99% rising 0.99% to 3,998.95 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.51% rising 0.51% to 32,036.90. This was the stock’s sixth consecutive day of gains. Intel Corp. closed $15.93 short of its 52-week high ($56.54), which the company achieved on July 22nd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as NVIDIA Corp. NVDA, +1.36% rose 1.36% to $180.50, Texas Instruments Inc. TXN, +0.73% rose 0.73% to $166.54, and Qualcomm Inc. QCOM, +2.74% rose 2.74% to $155.86. Trading volume (29.5 M) remained 5.8 million below its 50-day average volume of 35.2 M.