shares of vulcan materials co vmc inched 055 higher to 20749 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 138 to 479119 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 098 to 3630238 this was the stocks fourth consecutive day of gains vulcan materials co closed 267 short of its 52week high 21016 which the company achieved on november 9th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as crh plc adr crh rose 180 to 5252 holcim ltd adr hcmly rose 131 to 1009 and masco corp mas rose 179 to 6922 trading volume 394485 remained 367659 below its 50day average volume of 762144 editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use