shares of target corp tgt inched 002 higher to 13450 thursday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 064 to 453741 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 067 to 3528272 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains target corp closed 4939 short of its 52week high 18389 which the company reached on august 16th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as amazoncom inc amzn rose 008 to 12825 walmart inc wmt fell 036 to 15916 and costco wholesale corp cost fell 077 to 56183 trading volume 55 m remained 823793 below its 50day average volume of 64 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