shares of altria group inc mo inched 061 higher to 4645 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 041 to 436355 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 030 to 3441699 altria group inc closed 614 short of its 52week high 5259 which the company reached on march 26th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as philip morris international inc pm rose 026 to 9664 british american tobacco