shares of waste management inc wm inched 053 higher to 15778 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 165 to 393518 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 102 to 3183411 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak waste management inc closed 1240 short of its 52week high 17018 which the company reached on april 28th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as republic services inc rsg rose 002 to 12914 waste connections inc wcn fell 056 to 12267 and veolia environnement sa adr veoey rose 163 to 2750 trading volume 14 m remained 443702 below its 50day average volume of 19 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