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Shares of Devon Energy Corp. advanced 3.9% to $51.33 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.4% to 7,585.73 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.6% to 52,093.11.
Devon Energy Corp. closed 2.6% short of its 52-week high of $52.71, which the company reached on March 30th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as EOG Resources Inc. rose 3.5% to $153.74, Occidental Petroleum Corp. rose 2.8% to $63.52, and Diamondback Energy Inc. rose 2.82% to $211.53.
Trading volume totaled 10.7 million, compared to the 50-day average of 10.7 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet