shares of alaska air group inc alk inched 040 higher to 4504 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 096 to 380680 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 131 to 3282700 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains alaska air group inc closed 1651 short of its 52week high 6155 which the company reached on april 21st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as southwest airlines co luv rose 086 to 3740 delta air lines inc dal rose 183 to 3336 and united airlines holdings inc ual rose 038 to 4278 trading volume 11 m remained 461750 below its 50day average volume of 16 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