shares of kroger co kr advanced 167 to 4698 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 024 to 456572 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 031 to 3506121 kroger co closed 502 below its 52week high 5200 which the company reached on september 9th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as amazoncom inc amzn rose 190 to 13536 walmart inc wmt rose 003 to 15462 and costco wholesale corp cost rose 009 to 55411 trading volume 45 m remained 975805 below its 50day average volume of 55 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