shares of franklin resources inc ben shed 189 to 2705 monday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 015 to 385576 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 028 to 3181914 this was the stocks third consecutive day of losses franklin resources inc closed 732 below its 52week high 3437 which the company achieved on february 2nd the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday