shares of dollar general corp dg inched 068 higher to 21769 friday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 161 to 404564 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 117 to 3339097 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains dollar general corp closed 4452 short of its 52week high 26221 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors friday as amazoncom inc amzn rose 301 to 9490 walmart inc wmt rose 012 to 14067 and costco wholesale corp cost fell 215 to 47526 trading volume 13 m remained 622745 below its 50day average volume of 19 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