shares of aflac inc afl dropped 007 to 7291 friday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 025 to 407056 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 008 to 3397808 this was the stocks second consecutive day of losses aflac inc closed 111 short of its 52week high 7402 which the company achieved on january 6th despite its losses the stock outperformed some of its competitors friday as cigna corp ci fell 156 to 30830 trading volume 24 m remained 449653 below its 50day average volume of 28 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