shares of pnc financial services group inc pnc advanced 179 to 12879 thursday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 122 to 442584 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 126 to 3440806 pnc financial services group inc closed 4755 below its 52week high 17634 which the company achieved on august 16th