shares of kroger co kr inched 063 higher to 4964 friday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 014 to 419198 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 033 to 3342663 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains kroger co closed 383 below its 52week high 5347 which the company reached on may 31st the stock outperformed some of its competitors friday as amazoncom inc amzn fell 161 to 11625 walmart inc wmt fell 103 to 14991 and costco wholesale corp cost fell 032 to 49652 trading volume 45 m remained 844555 below its 50day average volume of 54 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