shares of jack henry  associates inc jkhy inched 056 higher to 18009 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 146 to 407660 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 109 to 3408604 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak jack henry  associates inc closed 3253 short of its 52week high 21262 which the company reached on august 10th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors