Occidental Petroleum Corp. Stock Climbs 4.6%, Outperforms Peers
Dow Jones2026/10/01 20:34This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones using technology from Automated Insights.
Shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp. rallied 4.6% to $57.84 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.2% to 7,666.45 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average remaining mostly unchanged at 50,926.56.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. closed 14.2% below its 52-week high of $67.45, which the company reached on March 31st.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Chevron Corp. rose 1.4% to $207.10, EOG Resources Inc. rose 2.6% to $141.31, and Devon Energy Corp. rose 2.43% to $47.16.
Trading volume totaled 11.6 million, compared to the 50-day average of 8.4 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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October 01, 2026 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)
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