BHP Group Ltd higher Thursday, outperforms the Materials sector

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

Shares of BHP Group Ltd (BHP), inched 0.69% to close at $45.37 yesterday.

The Materials (XMJ) industry slumped 0.08% to close at 17972.2.

BHP Group Ltd closed $5.23 short of its 52-week high ($50.6), which the company achieved on Tuesday, January 02.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Rio Tinto Ltd (RIO), rose 0.06% to $126.04 and Fortescue Ltd (FMG), fell 0.79% to $19.98.

Trading volume of 7.4 million remained 2.7 million below its 30-day average volume of 10 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, Thursday, October 03. See our market data terms of use.