Shares of Illinois Tool Works Inc. ITW, +1.55% rallied 1.55% to $206.54 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.71% rising 0.71% to 35,160.79 and the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.06% falling 0.06% to 4,459.45. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of gains. Illinois Tool Works Inc. closed $43.27 below its 52-week high ($249.81), which the company achieved on January 5th.

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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 U.S.-listed shares of Toyota Motor Corp. TM, +0.69% rose 0.2% in morning trading, after the Japan-based auto maker announced plans to invest $383 million in four of its U.S. production plants, to support the production of four cylinder engines, including options for hybrid electric vehicles.

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Shares of Leidos Holdings Inc. LDOS, +0.18% inched 0.18% higher to $109.26 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.02% falling 0.02% to 4,391.69 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.11% falling 0.11% to 34,411.69. This was the stock’s fifth consecutive day of gains. Leidos Holdings Inc. closed $1.39 short of its 52-week high ($110.65), which the company reached on April 14th.

All of the Big 3 stock market indexes are rising, but market internals suggest the stock market is actually falling. Stocks losing ground is outnumbering advancers 1,730 to 1,380 on the NYSE and 2,780 to 1,563 on the Nasdaq exchange. And volume of declining stocks represents 52.2% of total volume on the Big Board and 61.3% of total volume on the Nasdaq.