shares of allstate corp all inched 072 higher to 13464 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 149 to 387844 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 160 to 3337648 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains allstate corp closed 982 below its 52week high 14446 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as progressive corp pgr rose 152 to 12912 travelers cos inc trv rose 195 to 18942 and hartford financial services group inc hig rose 156 to 7602 trading volume 12 m remained 688619 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