shares of principal financial group inc pfg advanced 213 to 7577 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 158 to 447107 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 122 to 3498884 the stocks rise snapped a threeday losing streak principal financial group inc closed 459 short of its 52week high 8036 which the company achieved on february 10th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as aflac inc afl rose 116 to 6456 assurant inc aiz rose 227 to 16567 and aegon nv adr aeg rose 165 to 554 trading volume 13 m remained 227575 below its 50day average volume of 16 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