shares of melrose industries plc mro inched up 052 to £126 thursday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx falling 023 to 747217 melrose industries plc closed 4930 pence short of its 52week high £175 which the company achieved on january 12 trading volume 47 m remained 99 million below its 50day average volume of 146 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