shares of prudential financial inc pru inched 036 higher to 11079 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 021 to 418396 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 019 to 3330193 the stocks rise snapped a fourday losing streak prudential financial inc closed 1343 below its 52week high 12422 which the company reached on february 10th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as prudential plc adr puk rose 085 to 2496 metlife inc met rose 027 to 6690 and lincoln national corp lnc rose 078 to 6165 trading volume 14 m remained 588392 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