shares of southern co so inched 079 higher to 8015 monday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 106 to 411041 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 071 to 3238134 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains southern co closed 042 below its 52week high 8057 which the company reached on august 19th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as nextera energy inc nee rose 101 to 9081 dominion energy inc d rose 125 to 8420 and duke energy corp duk rose 091 to 11088 trading volume 34 m remained 587767 below its 50day average volume of 40 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