shares of unum group unm inched 091 higher to 2659 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 072 to 417070 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 056 to 3263264 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak unum group closed 539 below its 52week high 3198 which the company achieved on june 2nd the stock outperformed some of its competitors tuesday as aflac inc afl rose 034 to 5923 principal financial group inc pfg rose 081 to 6489 and assurant inc aiz fell 122 to 16619 trading volume 28 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 25 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