shares of xylem inc xyl inched 066 higher to 9643 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 066 to 400618 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 061 to 3177452 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains xylem inc closed 3972 below its 52week high 13615 which the company reached on september 27th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as thermo fisher scientific inc tmo rose 269 to 56656 idex corp iex rose 065 to 20859 and graco inc ggg rose 071 to 6553 trading volume 940520 eclipsed its 50day average volume of 880847 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