shares of medtronic plc mdt inched 035 higher to 8933 friday on what proved to be an allaround poor trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 014 to 419198 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 033 to 3342663 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains medtronic plc closed 1673 below its 52week high 10606 which the company reached on may 25th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors friday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 027 to 15891 danaher corp dhr rose 084 to 22833 and abbott laboratories abt rose 042 to 10893 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