Shares of Marathon Oil Corp. MRO,
advanced 3.12% to $33.03 on Monday in what turned out to be a generally favorable trading session for the stock market, along with the S&P 500 SPX Index,
up 0.96% at 3,806.80 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
up 1.31% to 32,827.00. It was the third consecutive day of gains for the title. Marathon Oil Corp. closed $0.21 off its 52-week high ($33.24), which the company hit on May 31.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors on Monday, such as Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM,
rose 1.18% to $113.64 and Chevron Corp. CLC,
rose 1.19% to $185.61. Trading volume (13.1M) remained 626,043 below its 50-day average volume of 13.7M.
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