shares of general electric co ge inched 026 higher to 7377 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 066 to 400618 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 061 to 3177452 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains general electric co closed 4240 short of its 52week high 11617 which the company achieved on november 9th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors thursday as thermo fisher scientific inc tmo rose 269 to 56656 medtronic plc mdt rose 090 to 8789 and danaher corp dhr rose 383 to 28810 trading volume 35 m remained 26 million below its 50day average volume of 61 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