shares of dollar general corp dg slid 138 to 22141 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 031 to 470121 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 010 to 3575475 this was the stocks second consecutive day of losses dollar general corp closed 1794 below its 52week high 23935 which the company achieved on august 11th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as walmart inc wmt fell 101 to 13715 costco wholesale corp cost fell 220 to 53011 and target corp tgt fell 245 to 23960 trading volume 21 m eclipsed 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