shares of baker hughes co bkr inched 080 higher to 3161 friday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 123 to 445038 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 084 to 3440760 this was the stocks fifth consecutive day of gains baker hughes co closed 151 short of its 52week high 3312 which the company reached on february 13th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors friday as caterpillar inc cat rose 074 to 24605 schlumberger ltd slb rose 134 to 4912 and halliburton co hal fell 060 to 3299 trading volume 68 m remained 236099 below its 50day average volume of 70 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