shares of nordstrom inc jwn slid 219 to 2189 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 070 to 446771 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 054 to 3512336 nordstrom inc closed 554 below its 52week high 2743 which the company reached on august 16th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as amazoncom inc amzn fell 149 to 13785 walmart inc wmt rose 016 to 16091 and target corp tgt fell 029 to 13060 trading volume 30 m remained 17 million below its 50day average volume of 47 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