shares of applied materials inc amat inched 083 higher to 9742 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 146 to 378999 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 100 to 3066853 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains applied materials inc closed 6964 short of its 52week high 16706 which the company achieved on january 14th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as asml holding nv asml rose 288 to 50533 lam research corp lrcx rose 086 to 45364 and synopsys inc snps rose 274 to 30324 trading volume 93 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 81 m editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use