shares of ansys inc anss inched 100 higher to 37275 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 085 to 448070 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 068 to 3481439 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains ansys inc closed 4044 short of its 52week high 41319 which the company reached on february 16th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as autodesk inc adsk rose 260 to 28662 dassault systemes se adr dasty rose 154 to 5843 and general dynamics corp gd rose 093 to 19848 trading volume 283365 eclipsed its 50day average volume of 279624 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