DJ Marathon Petroleum Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights.
Shares of Marathon Petroleum Corp. $(MPC)$ advanced 1.59% to $151.95 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.22% to 5,662.89 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.03% to 41,953.32.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Marathon Petroleum Corp. closed 31.28% short of its 52-week high of $221.11, which the company reached on April 5th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Exxon Mobil Corp. $(XOM)$ rose 0.42% to $115.90, Chevron Corp. $(CVX)$ rose 0.44% to $164.77, and Valero Energy Corp. $(VLO)$ rose 0.74% to $134.83.
Trading volume (3.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 20, 2025.
This content was created by MarketWatch, which is operated by Dow Jones & Co. MarketWatch is published independently from Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 20, 2025 16:50 ET (20:50 GMT)
Copyright (c) 2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.