BHP Group Ltd higher on a down day for the Materials sector

Here is the latest company close update for BHP Group Ltd, BHP.

Shares of BHP Group Ltd (BHP), inched 0.05% to close at $40.14 today.

The Materials (XMJ) industry slipped 0.42% to close at 16898.0.

BHP Group Ltd closed $0.43 below its 52-week high ($40.57), which the company achieved on Wednesday, February 05.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Rio Tinto Ltd (RIO), fell 0.59% to $119 and Fortescue Ltd (FMG), rose 1.05% to $19.32.

Trading volume of 7.6 million eclipsed its 30-day average volume of 6.1 million.

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Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by DataLocal, a division of News Corp Australia, using data from Morningstar, extracted at 5.01pm, Wednesday, February 12. See our market data terms of use.