shares of kroger co kr inched 087 higher to 4852 friday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 099 to 458223 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 050 to 3545929 kroger co closed 348 below its 52week high 5200 which the company achieved on september 9th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors friday as amazoncom inc amzn rose 309 to 13221 walmart inc wmt rose 047 to 15991 and costco wholesale corp cost rose 027 to 56332 trading volume 28 m remained 27 million below its 50day average volume of 54 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