shares of berkshire hathaway inc cl b brkb inched 037 higher to 33534 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 115 to 437841 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 063 to 3392674 berkshire hathaway inc cl b closed 634 below its 52week high 34168 which the company reached on june 15th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as honeywell international inc hon rose 038 to 20334 general electric co ge rose 045 to 10492 and illinois tool works inc itw rose 177 to 24962 trading volume 25 m remained 843318 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