shares of kroger co kr advanced 235 to 4829 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 070 to 389193 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 087 to 3187457 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains kroger co closed 1449 short of its 52week high 6278 which the company achieved on april 8th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as amazoncom inc amzn rose 139 to 9620 walmart inc wmt rose 112 to 13964 and costco wholesale corp cost rose 078 to 48566 trading volume 72 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 50 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