shares of virgin galactic holdings inc spce rallied 135 to 2553 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp rising 102 to 1489685 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 100 to 3425832 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains virgin galactic holdings inc closed 3727 short of its 52week high 6280 which the company achieved on february 4th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as southwest airlines co luv rose 305 to 5065 delta air lines inc dal rose 305 to 4159 and ryanair holdings plc adr ryaay fell 106 to 11082 trading volume 60 m remained 149 million below its 50day average volume of 209 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