shares of eaton corp plc etn inched 031 higher to 19484 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 052 to 436569 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 030 to 3395152 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains eaton corp plc closed 265 short of its 52week high 19749 which the company reached on june 15th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as general electric co ge rose 099 to 10505 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