shares of southern co so inched 056 higher to 7234 monday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 033 to 415132 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 030 to 3398718 southern co closed 823 short of 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 067 to 7854 dominion energy inc d rose 129 to 5868 and american electric power co inc aep rose 085 to 9329 trading volume 30 m remained 16 million below its 50day average volume of 45 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