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Shares of Corning Inc. advanced 6.1% to $146.64 on what proved to be an all-around positive 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.
Corning Inc. closed 46.0% below its 52-week high of $271.78, which the company reached on June 30th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. remained unchanged, $Danaher Corp(DHR-W)$. rose 1.3% to $197.50, and Vistance Networks Inc. rose 2.64% to $12.05.
Trading volume totaled 12.3 million, compared to the 50-day average of 15.2 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet