Shares of Twitter Inc. TWTR, +0.81% inched 0.81% higher to $42.19 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.53% rising 1.53% to 4,067.36 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.19% rising 1.19% to 32,151.71. This was the stock’s fifth consecutive day of gains. Twitter Inc. closed $26.22 below its 52-week high ($68.41), which the company reached on October 20th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +2.30% rose 2.30% to $264.46 and Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL, +2.09% rose 2.09% to $110.65. Trading volume (7.3 M) remained 7.0 million below its 50-day average volume of 14.3 M.