shares of berkshire hathaway inc cl b brkb inched 007 higher to 34113 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 024 to 440953 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 062 to 3394440 berkshire hathaway inc cl b closed 294 below its 52week high 34407 which the company achieved on july 7th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as honeywell international inc hon rose 220 to 20774 general electric co ge rose 216 to 11053 and illinois tool works inc itw rose 186 to 24835 trading volume 29 m remained 437532 below its 50day average volume of 33 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