Shares of Applied Materials Inc. AMAT, -1.13% slipped 1.13% to $114.77 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.22% rising 0.22% to 4,090.46 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.50% rising 0.50% to 33,869.27. Applied Materials Inc. closed $29.02 below its 52-week high ($143.79), which the company achieved on February 17th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Broadcom Inc. AVGO, -1.03% fell 1.03% to $593.25, Qualcomm Inc. QCOM, -1.18% fell 1.18% to $128.99, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD, -2.08% fell 2.08% to $81.48. Trading volume (4.4 M) remained 1.8 million below its 50-day average volume of 6.2 M.