shares of principal financial group inc pfg inched 048 higher to 7342 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 036 to 410502 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 001 to 3348529 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains principal financial group inc closed 2275 below its 52week high 9617 which the company reached on november 11th the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as chubb ltd cb rose 041 to 19680 trading volume 14 m remained 726808 below its 50day average volume of 21 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