shares of teleflex inc tfx inched 000 higher to 23495 thursday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 045 to 439644 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 080 to 3412242 teleflex inc closed 4148 short of its 52week high 27643 which the company reached on may 3rd the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 070 to 16410 medtronic plc mdt rose 047 to 8677 and boston scientific corp bsx fell 030 to 5329 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