shares of illinois tool works inc itw inched 020 higher to 25496 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 024 to 456572 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 031 to 3506121 this was the stocks fourth consecutive day of gains illinois tool works inc hit a new 52week high surpassing its previous peak of 25466 which the company achieved on july 18th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as 3m co mmm rose 046 to 10348 roper technologies inc rop rose 051 to 48263 and amphenol corp cl a aph fell 021 to 8513 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