shares of synopsys inc snps inched 035 higher to 36877 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 007 to 404842 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 012 to 3343144 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains synopsys inc closed 2240 below its 52week high 39117 which the company reached on august 15th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as applied materials inc amat fell 035 to 11854 lam research corp lrcx fell 131 to 48522 and autodesk inc adsk rose 042 to 20833 trading volume 776035 eclipsed its 50day average volume of 721153 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