shares of deere  co de inched 067 higher to 37052 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 094 to 419805 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 034 to 3353591 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains deere  co closed 7788 short of its 52week high 44840 which the company reached on november 23rd the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors thursday as caterpillar inc cat rose 124 to 21472 cnh industrial nv cnhi rose 072 to 1401 and toro co ttc rose 213 to 10663 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