shares of illinois tool works inc itw inched 081 higher to 18225 thursday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 088 to 378538 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 082 to 3077543 the stocks rise snapped a threeday losing streak illinois tool works inc closed 6756 short of its 52week high 24981 which the company achieved on january 5th the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as 3m co mmm fell 028 to 12941 parker hannifin corp ph fell 052 to 24605 and stanley black  decker inc swk fell 116 to 10486 trading volume 15 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 12 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