Shares of Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.80% inched 0.80% higher to $168.22 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, +0.38% rising 0.38% to 12,643.01 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.12% falling 1.12% to 32,417.59.Apple Inc. closed $30.01 short of its 52-week high , which the company achieved on July 19th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +0.59% rose 0.59% to $329.81, Alphabet Inc. Cl C GOOG, -0.03% fell 0.03% to $123.40, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL, -0.09% fell 0.09% to $122.17. Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.