Shares of Marathon Oil Corp. MRO,
advanced 1.94% to $32.03 on Friday in what turned out to be a generally positive trading session for the stock market, along with the S&P 500 SPX Index,
up 1.36% at 3,770.55 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
up 1.26% to 32,403.22. It was the second consecutive day of gains for the title. Marathon Oil Corp. closed $1.21 below its 52-week high ($33.24), which the company hit on May 31.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors on Friday, such as Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM,
rose 1.09% to $112.31 and Chevron Corp. CLC,
rose 1.26% to $183.42. Trading volume (18.1M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 13.6M.
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