shares of xcel energy inc xel sank 026 to 6414 thursday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 062 to 429393 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 050 to 3383361 xcel energy inc closed 1352 short of its 52week high 7766 which the company achieved on september 12th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors thursday as nextera energy inc nee rose 098 to 7490 southern co so rose 135 to 7108 and dominion energy inc d rose 045 to 5329 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