Apple Inc. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors

Shares of Apple Inc. AAPL slumped 0.12% to $177.97 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP rising 0.12% to 13,737.99 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.15% to 35,176.15.

This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses.

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