sage group plc sge shares rallied 140 to £753 thursday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx rising 089 to 741003 sage group plc closed 6980 pence below its 52week high £823 which the company reached on november 24 trading volume 24 m remained 434863 below its 50day average volume of 29 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