shares of principal financial group inc pfg advanced 210 to 7822 monday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 265 to 367795 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 186 to 3018582 principal financial group inc closed 214 below its 52week high 8036 which the company achieved on february 10th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as aflac inc afl rose 085 to 5963 assurant inc aiz rose 283 to 15152 and aegon nv adr aeg rose 226 to 407 trading volume 16 m remained 179819 below its 50day average volume of 18 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