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Shares of Corning Inc. advanced 7.6% to $165.96 on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.6% to 7,673.52 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.2% to 52,786.07.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
Corning Inc. closed 38.9% below 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. fell 1.8% to $603.02, $Danaher Corp(DHR-W)$. fell 1.2% to $205.23, and Vistance Networks Inc. rose 1.09% to $6.47.
Trading volume totaled 13.6 million, compared to the 50-day average of 13.0 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet