shares of amazoncom inc amzn rose 386 to 12277 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 059 to 395990 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 015 to 3187484 this was the stocks sixth consecutive day of gains amazoncom inc closed 6534 short of its 52week high 18811 which the company achieved on november 19th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as ebay inc ebay rose 178 to 4619 alphabet inc cl a googl rose 008 to 11390 and walmart inc wmt rose 083 to 13064 trading volume 709 m remained 148 million below its 50day average volume of 858 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