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Shares of Valero Energy Corp. VLO inched 0.34% higher to $56.62 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.24% to 3,638.35 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.13% to 29,910.37. Valero Energy Corp. closed $41.41 below its 52-week high ($98.03), which the company reached on January 13th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Phillips 66 PSX fell 1.55% to $65.23, Marathon Petroleum Corp. MPC fell 0.14% to $41.42, and HollyFrontier Corp. HFC fell 1.23% to $24.93. Trading volume (1.8 M) remained 3.8 million below its 50-day average volume of 5.6 M.
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