shares of unum group unm inched 012 higher to 4055 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 087 to 399173 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 017 to 3359292 unum group closed 609 below its 52week high 4664 which the company achieved on november 2nd the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as aflac inc afl rose 281 to 7023 principal financial group inc pfg fell 044 to 9333 and assurant inc aiz fell 011 to 12462 trading volume 19 m eclipsed 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