shares of berkshire hathaway inc cl b brkb inched 075 higher to 31036 friday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 239 to 402389 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 147 to 3219666 the stocks rise snapped a fourday losing streak berkshire hathaway inc cl b closed 5174 below its 52week high 36210 which the company achieved on march 29th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors friday as honeywell international inc hon rose 032 to 19353 3m co mmm fell 019 to 14930 and general electric co ge rose 242 to 7505 trading volume 38 m remained 11 million below its 50day average volume of 49 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