Shares of Western Digital Corp.
WDC,
advanced 3.28% to $43.80 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
rising 1.53% to 4,067.36 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
rising 1.19% to 32,151.71. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of gains. Western Digital Corp. closed $25.56 short of its 52-week high ($69.36), which the company achieved on January 5th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as HP Inc.
HPQ,
rose 2.76% to $28.26, Seagate Technology Holdings PLC
STX,
rose 4.08% to $68.83, and NetApp Inc.
NTAP,
rose 1.46% to $72.45. Trading volume (3.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.2 M.
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