shares of gap inc gps inched 089 higher to 2274 thursday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 171 to 443826 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 156 to 3491256 gap inc closed 1489 below its 52week high 3763 which the company achieved on may 18th the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as hm hennes  mauritz ab adr hnnmy fell 079 to 375 urban outfitters inc urbn rose 043 to 3022 and american eagle outfitters inc aeo rose 070 to 2431 trading volume 61 m remained 16 million below its 50day average volume of 78 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