shares of aflac inc afl inched 056 higher to 6288 friday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 056 to 397099 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 041 to 3223753 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak aflac inc closed 1114 short of its 52week high 7402 which the company achieved on january 6th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors friday as cigna group ci rose 141 to 26021 trading volume 22 m remained 628671 below its 50day average volume of 28 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