shares of dollar general corp dg sank 008 to 23640 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 265 to 367795 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 186 to 3018582 this was the stocks second consecutive day of losses dollar general corp closed 2581 below its 52week high 26221 which the company reached on april 21st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as walmart inc wmt rose 072 to 13137 costco wholesale corp cost rose 209 to 46417 and target corp tgt rose 244 to 14925 trading volume 15 m remained 179197 below its 50day average volume of 17 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