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Shares of Plug Power Inc. advanced 4.6% to $2.27 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 1.6% to 26,541.35 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.2% to 53,569.44.
Plug Power Inc. closed 50.4% below its 52-week high of $4.58, which the company reached on October 6th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Air Products & Chemicals Inc. fell 0.4% to $305.47, Procter & Gamble Co. fell 1.3% to $143.14, and Ballard Power Systems Inc. rose 2.18% to $2.34.
Trading volume totaled 50.6 million, compared to the 50-day average of 57.2 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet