shares of united airlines holdings inc ual inched 051 higher to 4168 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 059 to 395990 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 015 to 3187484 this was the stocks fourth consecutive day of gains united airlines holdings inc closed 1284 below its 52week high 5452 which the company achieved on november 8th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as southwest airlines co luv rose 002 to 4150 delta air lines inc dal rose 077 to 3285 and american airlines group inc aal rose 033 to 1521 trading volume 121 m remained 91873 below its 50day average volume of 122 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