shares of linde plc lin inched 063 higher to 28514 monday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 069 to 389989 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 064 to 3101968 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains linde plc closed 6704 below its 52week high 35218 which the company reached on january 5th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as air products  chemicals inc apd rose 082 to 24938 dupont de nemours inc dd rose 250 to 5533 and dow inc dow rose 069 to 4674 trading volume 11 m remained 574840 below its 50day average volume of 17 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