shares of abbott laboratories abt inched 033 higher to 10852 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 114 to 413729 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 111 to 3424593 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains abbott laboratories closed 1705 below its 52week high 12557 which the company reached on february 14th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 037 to 16275 trading volume 37 m remained 11 million below its 50day average volume of 48 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