shares of thermo fisher scientific inc tmo inched 057 higher to 55500 friday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 081 to 444167 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 065 to 3512008 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains thermo fisher scientific inc closed 259 below its 52week high 55759 which the company reached on august 17th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors friday as danaher corp dhr rose 055 to 32154 intuitive surgical inc isrg fell 112 to 104382 and becton dickinson  co bdx rose 057 to 24930 trading volume 925363 remained 304152 below its 50day average volume of 12 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