shares of prudential financial inc pru inched 084 higher to 8558 friday on what proved to be an allaround poor trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 021 to 413764 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 042 to 3388647 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains prudential financial inc closed 3696 below its 52week high 12254 which the company reached on april 21st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors friday as aegon nv adr aeg rose 112 to 453 genworth financial inc cl a gnw rose 372 to 614 and lincoln national corp lnc rose 116 to 2097 trading volume 13 m remained 13 million below its 50day average volume of 27 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