shares of block inc sq rallied 950 to 8884 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp rising 289 to 1285480 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 163 to 3330951 the stocks rise snapped a threeday losing streak block inc closed 19250 short of its 52week high 28134 which the company reached on august 11th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as paypal holdings inc pypl rose 469 to 9891 fiserv inc fisv rose 060 to 10654 and global payments inc gpn rose 170 to 13260 trading volume 165 m remained 191290 below its 50day average volume of 167 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