shares of lowes cos low inched 078 higher to 20243 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 149 to 387844 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 160 to 3337648 the stocks rise snapped a fourday losing streak lowes cos closed 5840 short of its 52week high 26083 which the company reached on january 4th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as amazoncom inc amzn rose 185 to 8677 home depot inc hd rose 144 to 31936 and walmart inc wmt rose 078 to 14518 trading volume 23 m remained 13 million below its 50day average volume of 36 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