shares of verizon communications inc vz inched 031 higher to 3932 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 verizon communications inc closed 1619 below its 52week high 5551 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors thursday as apple inc aapl rose 341 to 16556 att inc