shares of aflac inc afl inched 049 higher to 6511 monday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 075 to 387198 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 039 to 3273295 this was the stocks seventh consecutive day of gains aflac inc closed 209 below its 52week high 6720 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as principal financial group inc pfg rose 014 to 8813 assurant inc aiz rose 087 to 13586 and unum group unm fell 108 to 4559 trading volume 52 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 25 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