shares of nrg energy inc nrg rose 418 to 3809 monday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 117 to 459167 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 187 to 3522703 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains nrg energy inc closed 801 below its 52week high 4610 which the company reached on august 26th the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as nextera energy inc nee rose 127 to 8915 duke energy corp duk rose 133 to 10121 and southern co so rose 291 to 6466 trading volume 28 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 22 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