shares of kla corp klac inched 082 higher to 38432 monday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 040 to 429714 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 045 to 3391244 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains kla corp closed 7280 short of its 52week high 45712 which the company achieved on january 13th the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as asml holding nv asml fell 018 to 57494 applied materials inc amat fell 054 to 10978 and lam research corp lrcx fell 025 to 51729 trading volume 13 m remained 138758 below its 50day average volume of 14 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