shares of nrg energy inc nrg inched 059 higher to 3739 friday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 123 to 445038 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 084 to 3440760 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains nrg energy inc closed 841 below its 52week high 4580 which the company achieved on november 14th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors friday as duke energy corp duk rose 097 to 8974 exelon corp exc rose 157 to 4074 and sempra sre rose 048 to 14559 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