shares of lincoln national corp lnc inched 020 higher to 5050 thursday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 099 to 399895 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 051 to 3203690 this was the stocks fifth consecutive day of gains lincoln national corp closed 2707 short of its 52week high 7757 which the company achieved on november 3rd the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as prudential plc adr puk rose 025 to 2447 metlife inc met fell 028 to 6111 and prudential financial inc pru rose 026 to 9607 trading volume 12 m remained 419498 below its 50day average volume of 17 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