shares of nrg energy inc nrg inched 051 higher to 4128 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 078 to 395500 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 088 to 3151043 the stocks rise snapped a threeday losing streak nrg energy inc closed 654 short of its 52week high 4782 which the company achieved on may 26th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as nextera energy inc nee fell 075 to 8506 duke energy corp duk fell 072 to 10691 and southern co so fell 066 to 7707 trading volume 28 m remained 95431 below its 50day average volume of 29 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