Apple Inc. stock rises Thursday, still underperforms market

Shares of Apple Inc.
AAPL,
+1.48%
rose 1.48% to $143.96 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable buying and selling session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
+1.76%
rising 1.76% to 11,512.41 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.61%
rising 0.61% to 33,949.41. Apple Inc. closed $35.65 beneath its 52-week excessive ($179.61), which the corporate reached on March thirtieth.

The stock underperformed when in comparison with a few of its opponents Thursday, as Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
+3.07%
rose 3.07% to $248.00, Alphabet Inc. Cl C
GOOG,
+2.51%
rose 2.51% to $99.16, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
+2.42%
rose 2.42% to $97.52. Trading quantity (53.6 M) remained 22.6 million beneath its 50-day common quantity of 76.2 M.