shares of kroger co kr sank 068 to 5116 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 095 to 397873 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 060 to 3212028 the stocks fall snapped a fourday winning streak kroger co closed 1162 below its 52week high 6278 which the company achieved on april 8th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as walmart inc wmt fell 061 to 12337 sprouts farmers market inc sfm rose 190 to 2516 and ingles markets inc cl a imkta rose 160 to 8766 trading volume 68 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 66 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