shares of berkshire hathaway inc cl b brkb sank 003 to 30307 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 053 to 401232 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 033 to 3315391 berkshire hathaway inc cl b closed 5903 below its 52week high 36210 which the company achieved on march 29th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as honeywell international inc hon rose 029 to 19502 general electric co ge fell 030 to 8294 and illinois tool works inc itw rose 015 to 23389 trading volume 27 m remained 797720 below its 50day average volume of 35 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