shares of baxter international inc bax inched 048 higher to 5263 monday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 143 to 399056 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 158 to 3400504 baxter international inc closed 3707 below its 52week high 8970 which the company reached on february 9th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as medtronic plc mdt rose 143 to 7971 stryker corp syk rose 186 to 24917 and becton dickinson  co bdx rose 261 to 25406 trading volume 36 m remained 969207 below its 50day average volume of 46 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