shares of block inc sq rose 237 to 7262 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp rising 041 to 1243153 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 018 to 3296923 the stocks rise snapped a sevenday losing streak block inc closed 20352 below its 52week high 27614 which the company reached on august 31st the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as paypal holdings inc pypl rose 060 to 9376 fiserv inc fisv rose 016 to 10618 and global payments inc gpn fell 057 to 12800 trading volume 97 m remained 61 million below its 50day average volume of 158 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