natwest group plc nwg shares inched up 019 to £268 friday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx rising 019 to 775687 natwest group plc closed 4470 pence below its 52week high £313 which the company reached on february 2 trading volume 89 m remained 180 million below its 50day average volume of 269 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