shares of xcel energy inc xel advanced 118 to 6510 friday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 161 to 404564 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 117 to 3339097 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains xcel energy inc closed 1256 below its 52week high 7766 which the company reached on september 12th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors friday as nextera energy inc nee rose 224 to 7383 southern co so rose 179 to 6481 and dominion energy inc d rose 173 to 5594 trading volume 28 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 25 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