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Shares of Deere & Co. rallied 3.9% to $654.91 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.3% to 7,686.14 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.7% to 53,185.90.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.

Deere & Co. closed 2.9% short of its 52-week high of $674.19, which the company achieved on February 19th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Caterpillar Inc. fell 0.3% to $797.47, CNH Industrial N.V. rose 1.3% to $11.83, and Toro Co. fell 1.23% to $97.81.

Trading volume totaled 1.8 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.2 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet