ds smith plc smds shares rose 155 to £294 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx rising 180 to 758820 ds smith plc closed 7520 pence short of its 52week high £369 which the company achieved on february 3 trading volume 22 m remained 20 million below its 50day average volume of 42 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