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Shares of Yum! Brands Inc. rallied 3.9% to $150.34 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.3% to 7,748.50 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average remaining mostly unchanged at 53,770.27.
The stock's rise snapped a four-day losing streak.
Yum! Brands Inc. closed 11.6% below its 52-week high of $170.14, which the company achieved on July 7th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as McDonald's Corp. rose 0.6% to $275.70, Starbucks Corp. rose 1.7% to $108.49, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. rose 2.00% to $32.64.
Trading volume totaled 2.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.6 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet