shares of arthur j gallagher  co ajg inched 059 higher to 16760 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 113 to 451161 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 074 to 3480746 arthur j gallagher  co closed 361 short of its 52week high 17121 which the company achieved on december 30th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as marsh  mclennan cos mmc rose 059 to 16280 willis towers watson plc wtw rose 131 to 23438 and brown  brown inc bro fell 043 to 6921 trading volume 897998 remained 167174 below its 50day average volume of 11 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