shares of centerpoint energy inc cnp inched 060 higher to 2838 thursday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 099 to 422102 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 047 to 3306157 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains centerpoint energy inc closed 512 short of its 52week high 3350 which the company achieved on september 23rd the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as duke energy corp duk fell 131 to 8812 exelon corp exc fell 043 to 3948 and sempra sre rose 045 to 14418 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