Occidental Petroleum Corp. stock falls Wednesday, still outperforms market - MarketWatch

Occidental Petroleum Corp. stock falls Wednesday, still outperforms market - MarketWatch

Shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY, -0.22% slid 0.22% to $60.17 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,

-1.47%
falling 1.47% to 4,698.35 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,

-1.27%
falling 1.27% to 37,082.00.

The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.

Occidental Petroleum Corp. closed $7.76 below its 52-week high ($67.93), which the company achieved on January 27th.

Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Chevron Corp. CVX, -0.92% fell 0.92% to $150.25, EOG Resources Inc.
EOG,

-0.90%
fell 0.90% to $121.43, and Pioneer Natural Resources Co. PXD,

-1.93%
fell 1.93% to $227.02.

Trading volume (11.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 9.9 M.

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