shares of whirlpool corp whr inched 084 higher to 20737 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 095 to 439564 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 100 to 3425832 the stocks rise snapped a fourday losing streak whirlpool corp closed 5031 short of its 52week high 25768 which the company reached on may 10th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as general electric co ge rose 178 to 9854 trading volume 560975 eclipsed its 50day average volume of 558352 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