shares of assurant inc aiz inched 023 higher to 14210 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 090 to 451844 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 116 to 3547313 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains assurant inc closed 3089 below its 52week high 17299 which the company achieved on august 17th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as berkshire hathaway inc cl a brka rose 343 to 55192000 berkshire hathaway inc cl b brkb rose 360 to 36258 and chubb ltd cb rose 105 to 20302 trading volume 261552 remained 155368 below its 50day average volume of 416920 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