shares of aflac inc afl inched 047 higher to 7192 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 075 to 385297 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 040 to 3326977 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak aflac inc closed 078 short of its 52week high 7270 which the company reached on november 25th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as cigna corp ci fell 348 to 31030 trading volume 31 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 28 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