DJ Vulcan Materials Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Vulcan Materials Co. $(VMC)$ slid 2.58% to $259.46 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.67% to 7,353.61 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.65% to 49,363.88.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses.
Vulcan Materials Co. closed 21.63% short of its 52-week high of $331.09, which the company achieved on February 10th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Martin Marietta Materials Inc. (MLM) fell 4.16% to $532.65 and MDU Resources Group Inc. (MDU) fell 0.85% to $22.29.
Trading volume (1.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 19, 2026.
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May 19, 2026 16:55 ET (20:55 GMT)
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