shares of leggett  platt inc leg inched 060 higher to 3374 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 073 to 401965 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 030 to 3410864 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak leggett  platt inc closed 989 short of its 52week high 4363 which the company achieved on january 5th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors