shares of xcel energy inc xel inched 079 higher to 6891 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 197 to 371904 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 188 to 2968374 the stocks rise snapped a sixday losing streak xcel energy inc closed 875 below its 52week high 7766 which the company achieved on september 12th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as duke energy corp duk rose 131 to 9961 wec energy group inc wec rose 092 to 9564 and dte energy co dte rose 120 to 12316 trading volume 27 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 25 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