shares of aflac inc afl inched 028 higher to 6550 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround rough trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 063 to 460245 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 019 to 3522881 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains aflac inc closed 147 below its 52week high 6697 which the company achieved on february 10th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as principal financial group inc pfg fell 004 to 7456 assurant inc aiz rose 047 to 18217 and unum group unm fell 082 to 3152 trading volume 19 m remained 14 million below its 50day average volume of 33 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