shares of vulcan materials co vmc rose 277 to 18333 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 146 to 407660 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 109 to 3408604 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak vulcan materials co closed 998 below its 52week high 19331 which the company achieved on february 10th