DJ Vulcan Materials Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Vulcan Materials Co. $(VMC)$ slipped 1.40% to $260.23 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.06% to 7,747.71 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.18% to 53,686.11.
Vulcan Materials Co. closed 21.40% 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 Thursday, as Martin Marietta Materials Inc. (MLM) fell 1.57% to $508.94 and MDU Resources Group Inc. (MDU) fell 0.40% to $19.73.
Trading volume (1.0 M) remained 48,177 below its 50-day average volume of 1.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 3, 2026.