shares of 3m co mmm inched 034 higher to 11690 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 129 to 416400 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 078 to 3415669 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak 3m co closed 4736 short of its 52week high 16426 which the company reached on february 9th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 002 to 16340 honeywell international inc hon rose 070 to 20547 and general electric co ge fell 029 to 8211 trading volume 22 m remained 11 million below its 50day average volume of 33 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