shares of prudential financial inc pru inched 030 higher to 10589 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 016 to 435946 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 026 to 3439072 prudential financial inc closed 328 below its 52week high 10917 which the company achieved on june 2nd the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as prudential plc adr puk rose 112 to 3896 metlife inc met fell 033 to 6258 and lincoln national corp lnc fell 063 to 7053 trading volume 14 m remained 354951 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