shares of block inc sq jumped 1031 to 11284 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp rising 208 to 1449037 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 086 to 3576806 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak block inc closed 17639 below its 52week high 28923 which the company reached on august 5th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as paypal holdings inc pypl rose 223 to 12294 fiserv inc fisv rose 265 to 10218 and global payments inc gpn rose 163 to 14637 trading volume 227 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 137 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