shares of lowes cos low inched 076 higher to 20804 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 040 to 429714 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 045 to 3391244 this was the stocks fourth consecutive day of gains lowes cos closed 5527 below its 52week high 26331 which the company reached on december 13th the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as home depot inc hd fell 009 to 31461 and kingfisher plc adr kgfhy fell 032 to 615 trading volume 41 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 35 m editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use