shares of illinois tool works inc itw rallied 124 to 19724 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 030 to 396685 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 046 to 3165642 the stocks rise snapped a fourday losing streak illinois tool works inc closed 5257 below its 52week high 24981 which the company achieved on january 5th the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as 3m co mmm rose 103 to 12563 parker hannifin corp ph rose 100 to 26765 and stanley black  decker inc swk fell 048 to 8768 trading volume 12 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 10 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