shares of republic services inc rsg dropped 083 to 12924 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround poor trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 016 to 399105 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 026 to 3304509 this was the stocks second consecutive day of losses republic services inc closed 1993 below its 52week high 14917 which the company achieved on september 12th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as waste management inc wm fell 026 to 15215 and ecolab inc ecl rose 066 to 15924 trading volume 13 m remained 137247 below its 50day average volume of 15 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