shares of juniper networks inc jnpr inched 072 higher to 2929 monday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 030 to 413628 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 014 to 3334860 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains juniper networks inc closed 524 short of its 52week high 3453 which the company achieved on april 3rd the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as cisco systems inc csco rose 083 to 4710 vmware inc vmw rose 059 to 12417 and fortinet inc ftnt rose 117 to 6856 trading volume 29 m remained 840810 below its 50day average volume of 37 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