shares of nextera energy inc nee inched 063 higher to 7659 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 057 to 405083 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 043 to 3285903 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains nextera energy inc closed 1476 short of its 52week high 9135 which the company achieved on august 16th the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as southern co so fell 040 to 6906 dominion energy inc d rose 020 to 5569 and american electric power co inc aep rose 037 to 9043 trading volume 62 m remained 39 million below its 50day average volume of 100 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