shares of nrg energy inc nrg inched 051 higher to 3769 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 092 to 381880 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 062 to 3098133 nrg energy inc closed 1013 short of its 52week high 4782 which the company reached on may 26th the stock outperformed some of its competitors tuesday as nextera energy inc nee fell 090 to 7995 duke energy corp duk fell 027 to 10767 and southern co so rose 029 to 7198 trading volume 23 m remained 17 million below its 50day average volume of 40 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