Shares of Apple Inc. AAPL rallied 2.27% to $174.07 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP rising 1.93% to 14,191.84 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 1.02% to 34,707.94. This was the stock's eighth consecutive day of gains. Apple Inc. closed $8.87 below its 52-week high ($182.94), which the company achieved on January 4th.
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