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Shares of Oracle Corp. rallied 9.2% to $141.85 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.5% to 7,600.50 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.3% to 53,178.41.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
Oracle Corp. closed 59.0% short of its 52-week high of $345.72, which the company achieved on September 10th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Microsoft Corp. rose 4.9% to $487.65, Alphabet Inc. Cl C rose 4.4% to $372.47, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A rose 4.88% to $373.51.
Trading volume totaled 49.1 million, compared to the 50-day average of 33.0 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet