shares of berkshire hathaway inc cl b brkb inched 088 higher to 28604 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 059 to 395990 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 015 to 3187484 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains berkshire hathaway inc cl b closed 7606 short of its 52week high 36210 which the company reached on march 29th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as honeywell international inc hon rose 058 to 17826 3m co mmm rose 067 to 13301 and general electric co ge rose 172 to 6789 trading volume 39 m remained 520131 below its 50day average volume of 44 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