Shares of Assurant Inc. AIZ, +0.11% inched 0.11% higher to $189.52 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.61% rising 1.61% to 4,462.21 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.45% rising 1.45% to 34,911.20. This was the stock’s fourth consecutive day of gains. Assurant Inc. closed $1.40 short of its 52-week high ($190.92), which the company reached on April 18th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH, +0.68% rose 0.68% to $537.70, MetLife Inc. MET, +0.86% rose 0.86% to $71.84, and AFLAC Inc. AFL, -0.05% fell 0.05% to $65.49. Trading volume (508,408) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 456,597.