Shares of Marathon Petroleum Corp.
MPC,
rose 1.04% to $62.45 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
falling 0.75% to 4,634.09 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
falling 0.30% to 35,544.18. Marathon Petroleum Corp. closed $6.33 below its 52-week high ($68.78), which the company reached on November 2nd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Exxon Mobil Corp.
XOM,
fell 0.15% to $61.54, Chevron Corp.
CVX,
rose 0.29% to $116.22, and BP PLC ADR
BP,
fell 0.15% to $26.55. Trading volume (5.7 M) remained 568,727 below its 50-day average volume of 6.2 M.
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