shares of alaska air group inc alk inched 026 higher to 5027 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 163 to 470985 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 108 to 3592743 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak alaska air group inc closed 2398 short of its 52week high 7425 which the company achieved on april 7th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as southwest airlines co luv fell 032 to 4011 delta air lines inc dal rose 022 to 3661 and united airlines holdings inc ual rose 029 to 4150 trading volume 18 m remained 4757 below its 50day average volume of 18 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