shares of cadence design systems inc cdns inched 064 higher to 23239 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 099 to 422102 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 047 to 3306157 cadence design systems inc closed 661 short of its 52week high 23900 which the company reached on may 30th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as fortinet inc ftnt rose 045 to 6864 synopsys inc snps fell 009 to 45455 and palo alto networks inc panw rose 159 to 21679 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