shares of loews corp l inched 036 higher to 5551 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 030 to 396685 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 046 to 3165642 the stocks rise snapped a fourday losing streak loews corp closed 1269 below its 52week high 6820 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors thursday as chubb ltd cb rose 163 to 19214 progressive corp pgr rose 086 to 12370 and travelers cos inc trv rose 103 to 16330 trading volume 854174 eclipsed its 50day average volume of 788660 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