DJ Marathon Petroleum Corp. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Marathon Petroleum Corp. $(MPC)$ rose 2.24% to $366.21 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.69% to 7,691.76 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.22% to 53,343.40.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Marathon Petroleum Corp. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $363.34, which the company achieved on August 17th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. $(XOM)$ rose 2.54% to $165.56, Chevron Corp. $(CVX)$ rose 1.50% to $205.74, and Valero Energy Corp. $(VLO)$ rose 0.82% to $350.05.
Trading volume (2.0 M) remained 339,489 below its 50-day average volume of 2.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 18, 2026.