shares of estee lauder cos cl a el inched 018 higher to 23723 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 176 to 396028 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 117 to 3224655 estee lauder cos cl a closed 5236 short of its 52week high 28959 which the company reached on march 29th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as johnson  johnson jnj fell 021