shares of illinois tool works inc itw inched 011 higher to 20562 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 029 to 414077 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 018 to 3296923 the stocks rise snapped a threeday losing streak illinois tool works inc closed 4419 short of its 52week high 24981 which the company reached on january 5th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as 3m co mmm fell 050 to 14104 parker hannifin corp ph fell 006 to 28540 and stanley black  decker inc swk rose 131 to 9354 trading volume 653999 remained 405404 below its 50day average volume of 11 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