shares of republic services inc rsg inched 034 higher to 14636 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround rough trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 052 to 436569 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 030 to 3395152 this was the stocks fifth consecutive day of gains republic services inc closed 294 below its 52week high 14930 which the company reached on may 12th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as waste management inc wm rose 038 to 16548 and ecolab inc ecl rose 009 to 18077 trading volume 793300 remained 338743 below its 50day average volume of 11 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