shares of berkshire hathaway inc cl b brkb inched 050 higher to 31031 monday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 037 to 412451 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 098 to 3360115 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains berkshire hathaway inc cl b closed 4402 below its 52week high 35433 which the company achieved on april 11th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as honeywell international inc hon rose 113 to 19328 general electric co ge rose 138 to 9692 and illinois tool works inc itw rose 038 to 24438 trading volume 44 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 40 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