shares of virgin galactic holdings inc spce rallied 239 to 514 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp rising 099 to 1128532 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 028 to 3419406 the stocks rise snapped a fiveday losing streak virgin galactic holdings inc closed 1208 short of its 52week high 1722 which the company achieved on november 24th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as southwest airlines co luv rose 121 to 3863 delta air lines inc dal rose 076 to 3449 and ryanair holdings plc adr ryaay fell 008 to 7589 trading volume 33 m remained 20 million below its 50day average volume of 53 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