shares of medtronic plc mdt inched 034 higher to 7964 monday on what proved to be an allaround great 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 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains medtronic plc closed 3467 below its 52week high 11431 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 043 to 15330 danaher corp dhr fell 008 to 24797 and abbott laboratories abt rose 042 to 9846 trading volume 56 m remained 561721 below its 50day average volume of 62 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