DJ Martin Marietta Materials Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Martin Marietta Materials Inc. (MLM) slid 1.29% to $656.78 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.94% to 6,816.63 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.83% to 48,501.27.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses.
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. closed 7.62% short of its 52-week high of $710.97, which the company reached on February 10th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Vulcan Materials Co. $(VMC)$ fell 2.02% to $300.00.
Trading volume (512,320) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 481,993.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 3, 2026.
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