shares of altria group inc mo inched 004 higher to 4587 thursday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 175 to 384928 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 105 to 3322080 altria group inc closed 1118 short of its 52week high 5705 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors thursday as philip morris international inc pm rose 025 to 10119 trading volume 40 m remained 40 million below its 50day average volume of 80 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