shares of martin marietta materials inc mlm inched 063 higher to 31845 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 146 to 378999 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 100 to 3066853 the stocks rise snapped a fiveday losing streak martin marietta materials inc closed 12801 below its 52week high 44646 which the company achieved on january 4th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as crh plc adr crh rose 203 to 3616 vulcan materials co vmc rose 027 to 15145 and occidental petroleum corp oxy fell 292 to 6028 trading volume 519895 eclipsed its 50day average volume of 458855 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