shares of alaska air group inc alk inched 096 higher to 4327 thursday on what proved to be an allaround mixed trading session for the stock market with the dow jones industrial average djia rising 061 to 3203328 and the sp 500 index spx falling 061 to 380730 alaska air group inc closed 1828 short of its 52week high 6155 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as southwest airlines co luv rose 268 to 3529 delta air lines inc dal rose 056 to 3409 and united airlines holdings inc ual rose 127 to 4299 trading volume 14 m remained 180639 below its 50day average volume of 15 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