shares of gap inc gps advanced 246 to 1206 friday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 059 to 384482 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 053 to 3320393 the stocks rise snapped an eightday losing streak gap inc closed 700 below its 52week high 1906 which the company reached on january 5th the stock outperformed some of its competitors friday as amazoncom inc amzn rose 174 to 8525 and tjx cos tjx rose 138 to 7950 trading volume 71 m remained 18 million below its 50day average volume of 89 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