Shares of Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. COG, +2.46% advanced 2.46% to $17.08 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.27% rising 0.27% to 4,192.66 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.70% rising 0.70% to 34,113.23. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. closed $5.59 below its 52-week high ($22.67), which the company reached on June 9th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as EOG Resources Inc. EOG, +3.16% rose 3.16% to $75.97. Trading volume (10.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 5.9 M.