Shares of Vulcan Materials Co. VMC, -0.10% slipped 0.10% to $269.32 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.10% rising 0.10% to 39,043.32 and the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.19% falling 0.19% to 5,165.31.
Vulcan Materials Co. closed $2.41 short of its 52-week high ($271.73), which the company achieved on March 7th.
Trading volume (612,081) remained 199,759 below its 50-day average volume of 811,840.