shares of republic services inc rsg sank 024 to 12868 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 040 to 382414 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 003 to 3313637 this was the stocks second consecutive day of losses republic services inc closed 2049 below its 52week high 14917 which the company achieved on september 12th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as waste management inc wm rose 010 to 15703 and ecolab inc ecl rose 113 to 14721 trading volume 14 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 12 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