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Shares of Intel Corp. advanced 9.1% to $104.47 on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.6% to 7,673.52 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.2% to 52,786.07.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains.
Intel Corp. closed 26.6% short of its 52-week high of $142.35, which the company reached on June 30th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as NVIDIA Corp. fell 2.0% to $225.73, Broadcom Inc. rose 3.0% to $368.56, and Qualcomm Inc. rose 3.17% to $174.09.
Trading volume totaled 138.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 106.3 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet