shares of centerpoint energy inc cnp inched 023 higher to 3043 thursday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 085 to 451004 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 014 to 3439514 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains centerpoint energy inc closed 307 below its 52week high 3350 which the company achieved on september 23rd the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors thursday as duke energy corp duk rose 103 to 9331 exelon corp exc rose 031 to 4218 and sempra sre rose 056 to 14956 trading volume 27 m remained 12 million below its 50day average volume of 39 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