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Shares of APA Corp. rose 9.0% to $41.02 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.1% to 7,753.11 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.1% to 53,975.98.

This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.

APA Corp. closed 10.2% short of its 52-week high of $45.66, which the company achieved on March 30th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as EOG Resources Inc. rose 5.6% to $142.22, SLB Ltd. rose 5.3% to $53.20, and Occidental Petroleum Corp. rose 4.90% to $58.65.

Trading volume totaled 7.1 million, compared to the 50-day average of 5.5 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet