shares of prudential financial inc pru inched 004 higher to 8487 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable 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 prudential financial inc closed 3767 short of its 52week high 12254 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors thursday as aegon nv adr aeg rose 045 to 448 genworth financial inc cl a gnw rose 085 to 592 and lincoln national corp lnc rose 048 to 2073 trading volume 18 m remained 839326 below its 50day average volume of 27 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