DJ Vulcan Materials Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Vulcan Materials Co. $(VMC)$ shed 1.97% to $244.30 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.45% to 7,551.81 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.21% to 51,461.90.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses.
Vulcan Materials Co. closed 26.21% short of its 52-week high of $331.09, which the company reached on February 10th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Martin Marietta Materials Inc. (MLM) fell 1.98% to $496.76 and MDU Resources Group Inc. (MDU) rose 0.32% to $18.65.
Trading volume (1.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 987,433.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 16, 2026.