shares of unum group unm inched 055 higher to 2543 friday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 081 to 444167 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 065 to 3512008 the stocks rise snapped a sixday losing streak unum group closed 655 short of its 52week high 3198 which the company achieved on june 2nd the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors friday as aflac inc afl rose 079 to 5636 principal financial group inc pfg rose 068 to 6503 and assurant inc aiz rose 097 to 16513 trading volume 16 m remained 351506 below its 50day average volume of 20 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