Shares of Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. COG, -0.65% slumped 0.65% to $16.83 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.11% rising 1.11% to 4,170.42 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.90% rising 0.90% to 34,035.99. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. closed $5.84 below its 52-week high ($22.67), which the company achieved on June 9th.

Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as EOG Resources Inc. EOG, -1.19% fell 1.19% to $72.83. Trading volume (5.5 M) remained 427,752 below its 50-day average volume of 6.0 M.