shares of ansys inc anss advanced 199 to 25234 thursday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 150 to 390262 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 112 to 3138455 this was the stocks fourth consecutive day of gains ansys inc closed 16155 short of its 52week high 41389 which the company achieved on november 5th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as autodesk