shares of illinois tool works inc itw advanced 141 to 23069 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 128 to 396961 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 080 to 3397301 this was the stocks fourth consecutive day of gains illinois tool works inc closed 1747 below its 52week high 24816 which the company achieved on january 13th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as 3m co mmm rose 077 to 12912 roper technologies inc rop rose 195 to 45211 and amphenol corp cl a aph rose 174 to 8068 trading volume 789638 remained 211040 below its 50day average volume of 10 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