shares of pultegroup inc phm rallied 230 to 8000 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 074 to 447216 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 025 to 3434743 this was the stocks fourth consecutive day of gains pultegroup inc hit a new 52week high surpassing its previous peak of 7915 which the company reached on june 28th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as toll brothers inc tol rose 283 to 8216 dr horton inc dhi rose 360 to 12371 and mdc holdings inc mdc rose 302 to 4705 trading volume 23 m remained 501869 below 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