next plc nxt shares inched down 026 to £6944 thursday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx rising 032 to 744021 next plc closed £138 short of its 52week high £7082 which the company achieved on march 7 trading volume 179695 remained 245426 below its 50day average volume of 425121 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