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Shares of Cadence Design Systems Inc. rose 6.2% to $350.73 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.2% to 7,666.45 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average remaining mostly unchanged at 50,926.56.

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

Cadence Design Systems Inc. closed 15.8% short of its 52-week high of $416.69, which the company reached on June 2nd.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its peers, as Fortinet Inc. remained unchanged, Synopsys Inc. rose 12.8% to $490.54, and Palo Alto Networks Inc. fell 0.27% to $396.25.

Trading volume totaled 3.3 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.5 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet