shares of illinois tool works inc itw inched 018 higher to 24957 friday on what proved to be an allaround mixed trading session for the stock market with the dow jones industrial average djia rising 033 to 3450903 and the sp 500 index spx falling 010 to 450542 illinois tool works inc closed 467 short of its 52week high 25424 which the company reached on july 12th the stock outperformed some of its competitors friday as 3m co mmm fell 054 to 10230 roper technologies inc rop fell 025 to 47763 and amphenol corp cl a aph fell 129 to 8461 trading volume 924546 remained 165153 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