shares of lam research corp lrcx advanced 544 to 49495 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 213 to 421024 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 163 to 3330951 the stocks rise snapped a threeday losing streak lam research corp closed 23690 below its 52week high 73185 which the company reached on january 4th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as applied materials inc amat rose 541 to 10505 kla corp klac rose 452 to 37451 and asm international nv asmiy rose 284 to 30800 trading volume 20 m eclipsed 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