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Shares of Meta Platforms Inc. climbed 11.4% to $741.25 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 2.3% to 27,122.09 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.7% to 52,048.83.
Meta Platforms Inc. closed 6.3% below its 52-week high of $790.80, which the company reached on September 19th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Apple Inc. rose 0.8% to $338.98, Microsoft Corp. rose 1.6% to $501.61, and Alphabet Inc. Cl C rose 1.88% to $350.87.
Trading volume totaled 48.3 million, compared to the 50-day average of 18.0 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet