shares of franklin resources inc ben dropped 003 to 2976 thursday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 053 to 401232 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 033 to 3315391 this was the stocks third consecutive day of losses franklin resources inc closed 461 below its 52week high 3437 which the company reached on february 2nd the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors thursday as blackrock inc blk rose 064 to 69184 goldman sachs group inc gs rose 073 to 36354 and bank of new york mellon corp bk rose 026 to 5029 trading volume 19 m remained 19 million below its 50day average volume of 38 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