shares of berkshire hathaway inc cl b brkb advanced 145 to 31697 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 007 to 404842 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 012 to 3343144 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains berkshire hathaway inc cl b closed 4513 short of its 52week high 36210 which the company achieved on march 29th the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as honeywell international inc hon rose 011 to 19704 general electric co ge rose 088 to 8706 and illinois tool works inc itw fell 009 to 23871 trading volume 49 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 34 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