shares of steris plc ste advanced 112 to 21603 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 022 to 449619 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 011 to 3540550 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains steris plc closed 997 below its 52week high 22600 which the company achieved on august 17th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as thermo fisher scientific inc tmo fell 044 to 54808 medtronic plc mdt rose 149 to 13455 and danaher corp dhr fell 036 to 31948 trading volume 449903 remained 7490 below its 50day average volume of 457393 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