shares of ppl corp ppl inched 086 higher to 2699 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 165 to 391929 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 106 to 3215540 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains ppl corp closed 475 short of its 52week high 3174 which the company reached on january 11th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as nextera energy inc nee rose