shares of cadence design systems inc cdns inched 039 higher to 20527 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 016 to 397753 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 060 to 3243208 cadence design systems inc closed 423 short of its 52week high 20950 which the company reached on march 17th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as fortinet inc ftnt rose 157 to 6398 synopsys inc snps fell 070 to 37392 and palo alto networks inc panw rose 051 to 19253 trading volume 14 m remained 421109 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