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Shares of KLA Corp. rose 3.9% to $196.53 on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.2% to 7,670.84 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.3% to 51,349.92.

This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.

KLA Corp. closed 36.1% short of its 52-week high of $307.37, which the company reached on June 30th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its peers, as Applied Materials Inc. rose 5.2% to $512.01, Analog Devices Inc. rose 0.7% to $398.22, and Marvell Technology Inc. rose 4.51% to $263.27.

Trading volume totaled 7.6 million, compared to the 50-day average of 10.3 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet