shares of royal bank of canada ry inched 027 higher to c14213 friday in what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the canadian market with the sptsx composite index gsptse rising 022 to 2181847 this was the stocks fifth consecutive day of gains royal bank of canada closed c747 short of its 52week high c14960 which the company reached on january 17th trading volume of 106 m shares eclipsed its 50day average volume of 43 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