shares of southern co so inched 055 higher to 6919 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 070 to 446771 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 054 to 3512336 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains southern co closed 1138 short of its 52week high 8057 which the company achieved on august 19th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as nextera energy inc nee rose 031 to 6892 dominion energy inc d rose 085 to 4969 and american electric power co inc aep rose 090 to 8071 trading volume 37 m remained 515927 below its 50day average volume of 42 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