shares of ppg industries inc ppg inched 025 higher to 15071 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 085 to 448070 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 068 to 3481439 the stocks rise snapped a threeday losing streak ppg industries inc closed 3226 short of its 52week high 18297 which the company achieved on june 7th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as sherwinwilliams co shw rose 018 to 29941 basf se adr basfy fell 047 to 1920 and owens corning oc rose 111 to 9458 trading volume 10 m remained 124387 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