shares of alaska air group inc alk inched 083 higher to 5350 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 299 to 430017 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 281 to 3406106 alaska air group inc closed 1942 below its 52week high 7292 which the company achieved on may 18th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as southwest airlines co luv rose 174 to 4807 delta air lines inc dal rose 115 to 4385 and united airlines holdings inc ual rose 101 to 5190 trading volume 21 m remained 197263 below its 50day average volume of 23 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