shares of yum brands inc yum inched 041 higher to 12919 thursday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 009 to 407657 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 056 to 3439501 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains yum brands inc closed 1066 below its 52week high 13985 which the company reached on december 29th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as mcdonalds corp mcd rose 022 to 27340 starbucks corp sbux rose 114 to 10337 and chipotle mexican grill inc cmg fell 007 to 162583 trading volume 14 m remained 443087 below its 50day average volume of 19 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