Shares of NVIDIA Corp. NVDA, +1.98% advanced 1.98% to $188.93 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.56% rising 1.56% to 4,155.17 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.29% rising 1.29% to 32,812.50. This was the stock’s sixth consecutive day of gains. NVIDIA Corp. closed $157.54 short of its 52-week high ($346.47), which the company reached on November 22nd.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +2.78% rose 2.78% to $282.47, Intel Corp. INTC, +1.42% rose 1.42% to $36.52, and Texas Instruments Inc. TXN, +3.53% rose 3.53% to $183.47. Trading volume (41.7 M) remained 12.7 million below its 50-day average volume of 54.5 M.