shares of principal financial group inc pfg inched 017 higher to 7711 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 001 to 415452 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 023 to 3389701 principal financial group inc closed 1906 short of its 52week high 9617 which the company achieved on november 11th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as chubb ltd cb rose 139 to 20450 trading volume 15 m remained 456946 below its 50day average volume of 19 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