shares of nrg energy inc nrg rose 194 to 4521 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 nrg energy inc closed 261 short of its 52week high 4782 which the company reached on may 26th the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as nextera energy inc nee fell 192 to 7729 duke energy corp duk fell 147 to 9223 and southern co so fell 239 to 6336 trading volume 47 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 22 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