shares of alaska air group inc alk shed 286 to 3940 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 165 to 393697 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 163 to 3203011 alaska air group inc closed 2215 short of its 52week high 6155 which the company achieved on april 21st despite its losses the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as southwest airlines co luv fell 309 to 3008 delta air lines inc dal fell 330 to 3277 and united airlines holdings inc ual fell 325 to 4282true trading volume 18 m eclipsed 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