shares of block inc sq rose 319 to 10062 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp falling 028 to 1279555 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 056 to 3263264 the stocks rise snapped a fiveday losing streak block inc closed 18861 below its 52week high 28923 which the company reached on august 5th the stock outperformed some of its competitors tuesday as paypal holdings inc pypl rose 138 to 9490 fiserv inc fisv fell 076 to 9420 and global payments inc gpn rose 046 to 12321 trading volume 252 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 193 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