shares of automatic data processing inc adp inched 027 higher to 20740 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 013 to 375989 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 015 to 3048313 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains automatic data processing inc closed 4156 short of its 52week high 24896 which the company achieved on december 29th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as accenture plc cl a acn rose 130 to 28640 intuit inc intu rose 090 to 38084 and paychex inc payx fell 056 to 11563 trading volume 15 m remained 363481 below its 50day average volume of 19 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