DJ Marathon Petroleum Corp. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Marathon Petroleum Corp. $(MPC)$ slid 1.54% to $217.36 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.56% to 6,830.71 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.61% to 47,954.74.
The stock's fall snapped a three-day winning streak.
Marathon Petroleum Corp. closed 2.11% short of its 52-week high of $222.05, which the company reached on March 4th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) rose 0.63% to $150.76, Chevron Corp. $(CVX)$ rose 2.08% to $189.90, and Valero Energy Corp. $(VLO)$ rose 1.08% to $228.03.
Trading volume (3.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 5, 2026.
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March 05, 2026 16:47 ET (21:47 GMT)
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