shares of agilent technologies inc a inched 078 higher to 13481 monday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 081 to 458264 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 030 to 3492188 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains agilent technologies inc closed 4476 below its 52week high 17957 which the company reached on september 3rd the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as thermo fisher scientific