shares of international business machines corp ibm inched 033 higher to 13808 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 036 to 384508 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 023 to 3103768 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak international business machines corp closed 665 below its 52week high 14473 which the company reached on june 6th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors