shares of illinois tool works inc itw rallied 178 to 20854 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 156 to 415517 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 129 to 3281250 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak illinois tool works inc closed 4127 short of its 52week high 24981 which the company achieved on january 5th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as 3m co mmm rose 123 to 14349 parker hannifin corp ph rose 157 to 29006 and stanley black  decker inc swk fell 038 to 9370 trading volume 13 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 11 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