shares of block inc sq rose 459 to 10738 monday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp rising 129 to 1300485 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 070 to 3404946 the stocks rise snapped a threeday losing streak block inc closed 18185 short of its 52week high 28923 which the company achieved on august 5th the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as paypal holdings inc pypl rose 203 to 8778 fiserv inc fisv rose 061 to 9795 and global payments inc gpn rose 096 to 13573 trading volume 140 m remained 72 million below its 50day average volume of 212 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