pearson plc pson shares inched up 062 to £838 thursday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx rising 089 to 741003 pearson plc closed £168 short of its 52week high £1006 which the company achieved on november 30 trading volume 17 m remained 218263 below its 50day average volume of 19 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