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Shares of Vulcan Materials Co. slid 4.0% to $298.48 on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.5% to 6,926.60 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.1% to 49,149.63.
Vulcan Materials Co. closed 4.8% below its 52-week high of $313.37, which the company achieved on January 12th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its peers, as Martin Marietta Materials Inc. fell 4.4% to $636.71, MDU Resources Group Inc. rose 0.2% to $20.32.
Trading volume totaled 1.6 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.1 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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January 14, 2026 16:35 ET (21:35 GMT)
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