Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model. Apple ( AAPL) pushed the Computer Hardware industry higher today making it today's featured computer hardware winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.4%. By the end of trading, Apple rose $9.80 (1.7%) to $571.50 on light volume. Throughout the day, 9.5 million shares of Apple exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 19.6 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $562.60-$572 after having opened the day at $567.17 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $561.70. Other companies within the Computer Hardware industry that increased today were: AU Optronics Corporation ( AUO), up 6.3%, Echelon Corporation ( ELON), up 6%, Lexmark International ( LXK), up 5.7%, and Dell ( DELL), up 5.4%.
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