shares of principal financial group inc pfg inched 082 higher to 7219 thursday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 184 to 417682 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 133 to 3324828 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak principal financial group inc closed 817 short of its 52week high 8036 which the company achieved on february 10th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as aflac inc afl fell 020 to 5969 assurant inc aiz rose 095 to 17993 and aegon nv adr aeg rose 083 to 522 trading volume 12 m remained 596390 below its 50day average volume of 18 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