shares of southwest airlines co luv inched 032 higher to 3708 friday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 136 to 377055 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 126 to 3240322 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains southwest airlines co closed 1571 short of its 52week high 5279 which the company reached on november 8th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors friday as delta air lines inc dal rose 247 to 3276 united airlines holdings inc ual rose 408 to 4262 and american airlines group inc aal rose 277 to 1411 trading volume 46 m remained 13 million below its 50day average volume of 60 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