shares of aflac inc afl inched 098 higher to 6980 friday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 123 to 445038 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 084 to 3440760 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains aflac inc closed 422 short of its 52week high 7402 which the company achieved on january 6th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors friday as cigna group ci rose 121 to 28060 trading volume 19 m remained 480859 below its 50day average volume of 24 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