shares of verizon communications inc vz inched 006 higher to 5406 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 095 to 439564 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 100 to 3425832 the stocks rise snapped a fourday losing streak verizon communications inc closed 789 short of its 52week high 6195 which the company reached on december 2nd the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as apple inc aapl rose 169 to 14585 alphabet inc cl a googl rose 090 to 280567 and att inc t rose 019 to 2701 trading volume 159 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 147 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