shares of prudential financial inc pru inched 095 higher to 8415 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 010 to 410911 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 030 to 3358652 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains prudential financial inc closed 3839 short of its 52week high 12254 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as aegon nv adr aeg rose 023 to 441 genworth financial inc cl a gnw rose 315 to 556 and lincoln national corp lnc rose 215 to 2095 trading volume 17 m remained 990999 below its 50day average volume of 26 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