Shares of Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -1.03% shed 1.03% to $234.53 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.20% falling 1.20% to 3,783.22 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.10% falling 1.10% to 32,875.71. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Microsoft Corp. closed $109.77 below its 52-week high ($344.30), which the company achieved on December 29th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Apple Inc. AAPL, -3.07% fell 3.07% to $126.04, Alphabet Inc. Cl C GOOG, -1.67% fell 1.67% to $86.46, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL, -1.57% fell 1.57% to $86.02.true Trading volume (17.1 M) remained 13.3 million below its 50-day average volume of 30.4 M.