shares of western union co wu inched 087 higher to 1164 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 024 to 440953 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 062 to 3394440 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains western union co closed 578 short of its 52week high 1742 which the company achieved on august 3rd trading volume 38 m remained 21 million below its 50day average volume of 58 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