shares of alaska air group inc alk inched 084 higher to 5058 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround rough trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 003 to 413613 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 046 to 3408927 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains alaska air group inc closed 1097 below its 52week high 6155 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as southwest airlines co luv rose 125 to 3551 delta air lines inc dal rose 130 to 3910 and united airlines holdings inc ual rose 177 to 5006 trading volume 973764 remained 443156 below its 50day average volume of 14 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