The shares closed at $1,869.19 as the S&P 500 gained 0.84% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.02% in a broadly positive session.
KLA finished 3.62% below its 52-week high of $1,939.36 reached on 24 April, while Applied Materials rose 6.04%, Analog Devices 1.96% and Marvell Technology 6.32%.
Trading volume reached 1.3 million shares, above the stock's 50-day average of 994,024, indicating heavier-than-usual investor activity despite its relative underperformance against peers.
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