DJ Vulcan Materials Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vulcan Materials Co. $(VMC)$ rallied 1.59% to $296.08 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.04% to 7,135.95 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.57% to 48,861.81.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Vulcan Materials Co. closed 10.57% short of its 52-week high of $331.09, which the company achieved on February 10th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Martin Marietta Materials Inc. (MLM) fell 0.19% to $612.85 and MDU Resources Group Inc. (MDU) fell 0.23% to $21.95.
Trading volume (2.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 29, 2026.
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