shares of dollar general corp dg inched 098 higher to 23863 monday on what proved to be an allaround rough trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 067 to 403061 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 057 to 3209899 the stocks rise snapped a sixday losing streak dollar general corp closed 2358 below its 52week high 26221 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as walmart inc wmt rose 097 to 13288 costco wholesale corp cost fell 014 to 53106 and target corp tgt fell 120 to 15869 trading volume 17 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 16 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