shares of duke energy corp duk inched 006 higher to 9941 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 041 to 409195 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 011 to 3364650 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains duke energy corp closed 1692 below its 52week high 11633 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday