shares of rockwell automation inc rok inched 021 higher to 31505 friday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 081 to 444167 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 065 to 3512008 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains rockwell automation inc closed 590 below its 52week high 32095 which the company achieved on august 11th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors friday as emerson electric co emr rose 046 to 10170 trading volume 272760 remained 441747 below its 50day average volume of 714507 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