shares of aflac inc afl inched 078 higher to 5698 monday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 047 to 456648 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 018 to 3574115 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains aflac inc closed 066 short of its 52week high 5764 which the company reached on august 16th the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as principal financial group inc pfg rose 029 to 6964 assurant inc aiz fell 061 to 16458 and unum group unm fell 061 to 2769 trading volume 22 m remained 464920 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