shares of chevron corp cvx inched 052 higher to 18113 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround poor trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 108 to 411577 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 081 to 3291090 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains chevron corp hit a new 52week high surpassing its previous peak of 18096 which the company achieved on may 31st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as exxon mobil corp xom rose 118 to 10459 trading volume 87 m remained 18 million below its 50day average volume of 104 m 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