shares of metlife inc met slid 033 to 6258 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 016 to 435946 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 026 to 3439072 this was the stocks second consecutive day of losses metlife inc closed 510 short of its 52week high 6768 which the company achieved on may 10th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as prudential plc adr puk rose 112 to 3896 assurant inc aiz rose 076 to 16061 and unitedhealth group inc unh rose 045 to 40041 trading volume 38 m remained 671525 below its 50day average volume of 44 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