Published on 9 Nov 2022 on Market Watch
Shares of Martin Marietta Materials Inc. slid 2.15% to $336.53 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 2.08% to 3,748.57 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.95% to 32,513.94. The stock's fall snapped a four-day winning streak. Martin Marietta Materials Inc. closed $109.93 below its 52-week high ($446.46), which the company achieved on January 4th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as CRH PLC ADR fell 2.03% to $36.14, Vulcan Materials Co. fell 2.06% to $168.94, and Occidental Petroleum Corp. fell 9.22% to $67.93. Trading volume (297,025) remained 119,773 below its 50-day average volume of 416,798.