shares of aflac inc afl inched 003 higher to 7241 friday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 003 to 453634 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 001 to 3522769 this was the stocks fifth consecutive day of gains aflac inc closed 161 short of its 52week high 7402 which the company achieved on january 6th the stock outperformed some of its competitors friday as cigna group ci fell 015 to 29377 trading volume 22 m remained 9207 below its 50day average volume of 22 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