shares of kroger co kr rallied 138 to 4866 friday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 001 to 390136 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 003 to 3126190 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains kroger co closed 1412 below its 52week high 6278 which the company achieved on april 8th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors friday as walmart inc wmt rose 011 to 11920 sprouts farmers market inc sfm rose 226 to 2351 and ingles markets inc cl a imkta fell 025 to 8446 trading volume 81 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 66 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