Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Climbs 9% on Dividend Hike

We recently published 10 Firms Outperform Wall Street With Surprising Gains. Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:OXY) was one of the best performers on Thursday. Occidental Petroleum rallied for a second day on Thursday, jumping 9.38 percent to close at $51.53 apiece as investors took heart from an 8-percent increase in its quarterly dividends. In an updated report, Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:OXY) said that it has raised its dividends to $0.26 per share—already double the figure in the past four year ...