Apple Inc. stock rises Tuesday, still underperforms market

Shares of Apple Inc.
AAPL,
+0.90%
inched 0.90% higher to $144.29 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
+1.67%
rising 1.67% to 11,584.55 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+1.09%
rising 1.09% to 34,086.04. Apple Inc. closed $35.32 short of its 52-week high ($179.61), which the company reached on March 30th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
+2.10%
rose 2.10% to $247.81, Alphabet Inc. Cl C
GOOG,
+1.96%
rose 1.96% to $99.87, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A
GOOGL,
+1.96%
rose 1.96% to $98.84. Trading volume (65.0 M) remained 9.8 million below its 50-day average volume of 74.8 M.