shares of dollar general corp dg inched 085 higher to 23474 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 022 to 449619 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 011 to 3540550 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak dollar general corp closed 461 below its 52week high 23935 which the company achieved on august 11th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as walmart inc wmt rose 004 to 14896 costco wholesale corp cost fell 012 to 45123 and target corp tgt rose 020 to 25115 trading volume 15 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 14 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