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Shares of Western Digital Corp. rallied 6.3% to $441.64 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.7% to 7,773.95 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.2% to 51,267.90.
Western Digital Corp. closed 44.8% short of its 52-week high of $799.87, which the company achieved on June 18th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Seagate Technology Holdings PLC rose 4.5% to $887.09, NetApp Inc. fell 1.1% to $223.77, and Western Digital Corp. rose 6.34% to $441.64.
Trading volume totaled 11.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 7.6 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet