Published on 27 Sep 2022 on Market Watch
Shares of Martin Marietta Materials Inc. slipped 1.54% to $311.09 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.21% to 3,647.29 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.43% to 29,134.99. This was the stock's sixth consecutive day of losses. Martin Marietta Materials Inc. closed $135.37 below its 52-week high ($446.46), which the company reached on January 4th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as CRH PLC ADR fell 1.07% to $31.54, Vulcan Materials Co. fell 1.05% to $152.34, and Occidental Petroleum Corp. rose 1.12% to $58.53. Trading volume (475,856) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 390,047.