shares of att inc t inched 096 higher to 1996 thursday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 133 to 414622 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 114 to 3402969 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains att inc closed 157 short of its 52week high 2153 which the company achieved on january 24th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors thursday as netflix inc nflx rose 458