Microsoft Corp. stock falls Tuesday, underperforms market

Shares of Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
-0.17%
slid 0.17% to $332.06 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.04%
rising 0.04% to 33,997.65 and the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-0.01%
falling 0.01% to 4,373.20.

Microsoft Corp. closed $34.72 below its 52-week high ($366.78), which the company achieved on July 18th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Apple Inc.
AAPL,
-0.88%
fell 0.88% to $177.15, Alphabet Inc. Cl C
GOOG,
+0.36%
rose 0.36% to $140.99, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
+0.45%
rose 0.45% to $139.72.

Trading volume (18.0 M) remained 2.8 million below its 50-day average volume of 20.7 M.

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