shares of xcel energy inc xel rose 160 to 7101 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 036 to 384508 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 023 to 3103768 xcel energy inc closed 562 below its 52week high 7663 which the company reached on may 25th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as duke energy corp duk rose 117 to 10758 wec energy group