DJ Marathon Petroleum Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Marathon Petroleum Corp. $(MPC)$ rallied 6.74% to $156.91 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.72% to 6,037.88 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.30% to 44,556.04.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Marathon Petroleum Corp. closed 29.04% short of its 52-week high of $221.11, which the company reached on April 5th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Exxon Mobil Corp. $(XOM)$ rose 2.68% to $109.96, Chevron Corp. $(CVX)$ rose 2.60% to $153.22, and Valero Energy Corp. $(VLO)$ rose 5.00% to $142.99.
Trading volume (5.8 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 4, 2025.
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