shares of kroger co kr advanced 123 to 4518 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 105 to 411921 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 002 to 3409296 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains kroger co closed 1760 short of its 52week high 6278 which the company achieved on april 8th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as amazoncom inc amzn rose 196 to 10515 walmart inc wmt rose 056 to 14467 and costco wholesale corp cost rose 132 to 51791 trading volume 54 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 48 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