Mastercard (NYSE: MA) shares closed at $574.76 yesterday, their fifth consecutive daily gain. The credit services group, valued at $483.8bn, has risen in each of the past five sessions.

The shares gained 0.8% yesterday, trading between $568.49 and $581.59, on 1.25 times their 20-session average volume. They finished 4.2% below the 52-week high and 22.1% above the 52-week low, and are up 1.2% so far this year.

How unusual this is

Five sessions of gains is a solid run but not an exceptional one. Across 320 sessions of history, which begins in September 2021, the longest unbroken run of gains for Mastercard was eight sessions, and…