shares of regions financial corp rf advanced 544 to 1861 thursday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 176 to 396028 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 117 to 3224655 regions financial corp closed 572 below its 52week high 2433 which the company achieved on february 2nd the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as bank of america corp bac rose 168 to 2897 wells fargo  co wfc rose 116