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Shares of APA Corp. /zigman2/quotes/200648444/composite APA +0.66% rose 6.30% to $45.20 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +3.06% rising 2.99% to 4,300.17 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +2.68% rising 2.81% to 34,061.06. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. APA Corp. closed $0.02 short of its 52-week high ($45.22), which the company reached on April 21st.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Chevron Corp. /zigman2/quotes/205871374/composite CVX +1.64% rose 3.14% to $167.59, ConocoPhillips /zigman2/quotes/207605056/composite COP +3.44% rose 4.98% to $103.86, and EOG Resources Inc. /zigman2/quotes/204634330/composite EOG +3.19% rose 3.32% to $124.77. Trading volume (10.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 9.7 M.
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