DJ Marathon Petroleum Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Marathon Petroleum Corp. $(MPC)$ rose 3.60% to $170.88 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.52% to 6,466.91 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.89% to 45,631.74.
Marathon Petroleum Corp. closed 6.67% short of its 52-week high of $183.10, which the company reached on July 10th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) rose 1.88% to $111.28, Chevron Corp. $(CVX)$ rose 1.69% to $158.18, and Valero Energy Corp. $(VLO)$ rose 3.62% to $145.37.
Trading volume (1.7 M) remained 535,683 below its 50-day average volume of 2.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 22, 2025.
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