shares of prudential plc pru inched up 049 to £1016 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx rising 080 to 758730 prudential plc closed £366 short of its 52week high £1382 which the company achieved on january 27 trading volume 23 m remained 41 million below its 50day average volume of 64 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