shares of prudential financial inc pru inched 045 higher to 7758 friday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 056 to 397099 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 041 to 3223753 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak prudential financial inc closed 4496 short of its 52week high 12254 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors friday as aegon nv adr aeg fell 096 to 412 genworth financial inc cl a gnw fell 021 to 475 and lincoln national corp lnc rose 152 to 2070 trading volume 28 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 24 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