shares of loews corp l inched 019 higher to 5851 friday on what proved to be an allaround rough trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 016 to 412408 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 003 to 3330062 loews corp closed 783 short of its 52week high 6634 which the company reached on may 31st the stock outperformed some of its competitors friday as chubb ltd cb fell 056 to 20027 progressive corp pgr fell 038 to 13343 and travelers cos inc trv fell 039 to 18209 trading volume 427128 remained 448594 below its 50day average volume of 875722 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