shares of nisource inc ni inched 082 higher to 2571 friday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 081 to 444167 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 065 to 3512008 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains nisource inc closed 089 short of its 52week high 2660 which the company reached on may 10th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors friday as duke energy corp duk rose 031 to 10721 sempra sre rose 105 to 13336 and atmos energy corp ato rose 077 to 9877 trading volume 22 m remained 810841 below its 50day average volume of 30 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