shares of berkshire hathaway inc cl b brkb inched 093 higher to 30385 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 130 to 400287 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 098 to 3256060 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains berkshire hathaway inc cl b closed 5825 below its 52week high 36210 which the company achieved on march 29th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as honeywell international inc hon rose 067 to 19116 general electric co ge rose 251 to 9218 and illinois tool works inc itw rose 054 to 23516 trading volume 43 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 39 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