shares of assurant inc aiz inched 047 higher to 18217 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 063 to 460245 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 019 to 3522881 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak assurant inc closed 280 short of its 52week high 18497 which the company reached on march 29th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as unitedhealth group inc unh rose 198 to 52082 metlife inc met rose 017 to 7163 and aflac inc afl rose 028 to 6550 trading volume 433364 remained 81614 below its 50day average volume of 514978 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