shares of norfolk southern corp nsc inched 056 higher to 23666 friday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 099 to 458223 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 050 to 3545929 norfolk southern corp closed 2756 short of its 52week high 26422 which the company reached on august 26th the stock outperformed some of its competitors friday as union pacific corp unp rose 029 to 23277 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