shares of verizon communications inc vz inched 028 higher to 4967 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 186 to 397375 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 198 to 3188024 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains verizon communications inc closed 794 below its 52week high 5761 which the company achieved on june 10th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as apple inc aapl rose 401 to 14311 alphabet inc cl a googl rose 237 to 222976 and att inc t rose 167 to 2074 trading volume 168 m remained 100 million below its 50day average volume of 268 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