shares of baker hughes co bkr inched 086 higher to 2344 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 095 to 439564 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 100 to 3425832 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains baker hughes co closed 313 below its 52week high 2657 which the company reached on may 18th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as schlumberger ltd slb rose 082 to 2715 halliburton co hal rose 139 to 1975 and nov inc nov fell 032 to 1238 trading volume 84 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 77 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