shares of nrg energy inc nrg inched 024 higher to 4244 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 059 to 402726 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 028 to 3419406 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains nrg energy inc closed 538 below its 52week high 4782 which the company achieved on may 26th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as nextera energy inc nee rose 148 to 8492 duke energy corp duk rose 088 to 9854 and southern co so rose 062 to 6636 trading volume 15 m remained 951164 below its 50day average volume of 25 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