shares of nrg energy inc nrg slumped 026 to 4552 thursday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 238 to 401782 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 194 to 3227279 this was the stocks third consecutive day of losses nrg energy inc closed 230 short of its 52week high 4782 which the company achieved on may 26th despite its losses the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as nextera energy inc nee fell 147 to 7734 duke energy corp duk fell 250 to 10773 and southern co so fell 233 to 7289true trading volume 32 m remained 298413 below its 50day average volume of 35 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