shares of metlife inc met inched 056 higher to 6703 thursday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 184 to 417682 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 133 to 3324828 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak metlife inc closed 615 below its 52week high 7318 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as prudential plc adr puk rose 280 to 2646 assurant inc aiz rose 095 to 17993 and unitedhealth group inc unh fell 006 to 49226 trading volume 31 m remained 11 million below its 50day average volume of 42 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