shares of alaska air group inc alk inched 053 higher to 5262 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 186 to 438654 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 179 to 3389135 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak alaska air group inc closed 2163 below its 52week high 7425 which the company reached on april 7th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as southwest airlines co luv rose 088 to 4232 delta air lines inc dal rose 106 to 3804 and united airlines holdings inc ual rose 136 to 4242 trading volume 20 m remained 39385 below its 50day average volume of 20 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