shares of abbott laboratories abt inched 074 higher to 10845 monday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 090 to 451844 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 116 to 3547313 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains abbott laboratories closed 738 below its 52week high 11583 which the company achieved on july 24th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 240 to 17310 trading volume 36 m remained 14 million below its 50day average volume of 50 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