shares of illinois tool works inc itw inched 008 higher to 25561 thursday on what proved to be an allaround rough trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 064 to 453741 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 067 to 3528272 illinois tool works inc closed 219 short of its 52week high 25780 which the company achieved on july 24th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as 3m co mmm fell 129 to 11119 roper technologies inc rop fell 054 to 49119 and amphenol corp cl a aph rose 019 to 8877 trading volume 908597 remained 151413 below its 50day average volume of 11 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