shares of eli lilly  co lly inched 052 higher to 30461 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 213 to 421024 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 163 to 3330951 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains eli lilly  co closed 3072 short of its 52week high 33533 which the company achieved on july 15th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 029 to 17067 roche holding ag part cert rhhvf rose 058 to 33406 and merck  co inc mrk fell 037 to 8919 trading volume 24 m remained 541677 below its 50day average volume of 29 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