shares of eli lilly  co lly advanced 167 to 36829 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 036 to 410502 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 001 to 3348529 this was the stocks sixth consecutive day of gains eli lilly  co closed 696 short of its 52week high 37525 which the company reached on december 5th the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as johnson  johnson jnj fell 028 to