shares of american express co axp inched 040 higher to 14476 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 245 to 376479 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 215 to 3053025 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains american express co closed 5479 short of its 52week high 19955 which the company achieved on february 16th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as visa inc cl a v rose 231 to 19439 mastercard inc ma rose 216 to 31740 and jpmorgan chase  co jpm rose 248 to 11583 trading volume 35 m eclipsed 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