shares of procter  gamble co pg inched 073 higher to 14095 friday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 161 to 404564 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 117 to 3339097 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains procter  gamble co closed 2395 below its 52week high 16490 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors friday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 103 to 15402 trading volume 53 m remained 13 million below its 50day average volume of 66 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