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Shares of Corning Inc. advanced 9.0% to $135.22 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.7% to 7,437.63 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.2% to 52,208.06.
The stock's rise snapped a four-day losing streak.
Corning Inc. closed 50.2% short of its 52-week high of $271.78, which the company achieved on June 30th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. rose 0.1% to $576.77, $Danaher Corp(DHR-W)$. fell 0.2% to $196.17, and Vistance Networks Inc. rose 1.39% to $11.71.
Trading volume totaled 18.0 million, compared to the 50-day average of 15.1 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet