shares of franklin resources inc ben inched 015 higher to 2707 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 029 to 414077 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 018 to 3296923 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains franklin resources inc closed 1120 short of its 52week high 3827 which the company achieved on november 2nd the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as blackrock inc blk rose 049 to 70042 igm financial inc igiff rose 117 to 2825 and affiliated managers group inc amg fell 002 to 13317 trading volume 13 m remained 14 million below its 50day average volume of 27 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