Occidental Petroleum Corp. stock rises Tuesday, outperforms market - MarketWatch
Occidental Petroleum Corp. stock rises Tuesday, outperforms market - MarketWatch
Shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY rallied 1.04% to $61.44 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.42% to 4,774.75 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.43% to 37,545.33.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
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