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Shares of Akamai Technologies Inc. advanced 6.4% to $117.65 on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.1% to 7,753.11 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.1% to 53,975.98.
The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.
Akamai Technologies Inc. closed 28.9% below its 52-week high of $165.45, which the company achieved on May 13th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Synopsys Inc. fell 1.0% to $411.68, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. rose 1.1% to $58.31, and Arista Networks Inc. rose 1.51% to $191.52.
Trading volume totaled 6.1 million, compared to the 50-day average of 4.0 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet