shares of abbott laboratories abt inched 052 higher to 12906 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround poor trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 013 to 451407 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 020 to 3503107 abbott laboratories closed 034 below its 52week high 12940 which the company achieved on september 3rd the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as johnson  johnson jnj fell 024 to 17190 roche holding ag part cert rhhvf fell 071 to 39093 and pfizer inc pfe fell 051 to 4651 trading volume 31 m remained 12 million below its 50day average volume of 43 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