shares of prudential financial inc pru inched 058 higher to 7940 monday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 030 to 413628 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 014 to 3334860 prudential financial inc closed 3156 below its 52week high 11096 which the company reached on november 11th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as aegon nv adr aeg rose 393 to 450 genworth financial inc cl a gnw rose 320 to 548 and lincoln national corp lnc rose 246 to 1958 trading volume 24 m remained 430323 below its 50day average volume of 29 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