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Shares of Valero Energy Corp. VLO rose 5.80% to $61.27 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.88% to 3,699.12 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.83% to 30,218.26. Valero Energy Corp. closed $36.76 short of its 52-week high ($98.03), which the company reached on January 13th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Phillips 66 PSX rose 6.61% to $69.32, Marathon Petroleum Corp. MPC rose 4.68% to $42.91, and HollyFrontier Corp. HFC rose 6.17% to $28.55. Trading volume (5.2 M) remained 262,293 below its 50-day average volume of 5.5 M.
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