Action Facebook Inc. Cl A increases on Monday, exceeds the market

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Shares of Facebook Inc. Cl A FB,
+ 3.59%
rallied 3.59% to $ 277.00 on Monday in what turned out to be a generally favorable stock market trading session with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP,
+ 0.74%
increasing by 0.74% to 12,899.42, and the DJIA Dow Jones industrial average,
+ 0.68%
increasing by 0.68% to 30,403.97. Facebook Inc. Cl A closed at $ 27.67 in addition to a 52-week high ($ 304.67), which the company hit on Aug. 26.

The action surpassed some of its competitors on Monday, such as Microsoft Corp. MSFT,
+ 0.99%
increased 0.99% to $ 224.96, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL,
+ 2.30%
rose 2.30% to $ 1,773.96, and Twitter Inc. TWTR,
+ 0.85%
increased 0.85% to $ 54.43. Trading volume (23.1 M) overshadowed the 50-day average volume of 18.5 M.

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