DJ Marathon Petroleum Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Marathon Petroleum Corp. $(MPC)$ rallied 2.23% to $305.85 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.51% to 7,533.77 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.20% to 52,552.97.
Marathon Petroleum Corp. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $304.36, which the company achieved on July 15th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. $(XOM)$ rose 1.00% to $145.95, Chevron Corp. $(CVX)$ rose 1.24% to $183.86, and Valero Energy Corp. $(VLO)$ rose 2.60% to $300.26.
Trading volume (1.9 M) remained 556,222 below its 50-day average volume of 2.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 16, 2026.
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July 16, 2026 16:41 ET (20:41 GMT)
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