shares of united parcel service inc cl b ups inched 054 higher to 18568 friday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 161 to 404564 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 117 to 3339097 this was the stocks seventh consecutive day of gains united parcel service inc cl b closed 3829 short of its 52week high 22397 which the company reached on march 29th trading volume 25 m remained 142783 below its 50day average volume of 26 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