shares of cadence design systems inc cdns advanced 331 to 18889 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 105 to 411921 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 002 to 3409296 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains cadence design systems inc closed 608 short of its 52week high 19497 which the company achieved on august 16th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as fortinet inc ftnt rose 143 to 5309 synopsys inc snps rose 376 to 36705 and palo alto networks inc panw rose 068 to 15972 trading volume 16 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 13 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