shares of republic services inc rsg inched 057 higher to 13465 monday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 039 to 394994 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 013 to 3370028 this was the stocks fourth consecutive day of gains republic services inc closed 1452 short of its 52week high 14917 which the company reached on september 12th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as waste management inc wm rose 101 to 16280 waste connections inc wcn rose 030 to 14062 and veolia environnement sa adr veoey fell 019 to 2570 trading volume 751158 remained 575543 below its 50day average volume of 13 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