shares of manulife financial corp mfc inched 008 higher to c2619 friday in what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the canadian market with the sptsx composite index gsptse rising 030 to 2069315 manulife financial corp closed c131 short of its 52week high c2750 which the company achieved on march 3rd trading volume of 26 m shares remained below its 50day average volume of 87 m