shares of hologic inc holx inched 037 higher to 7928 thursday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 085 to 451004 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 014 to 3439514 hologic inc closed 860 short of its 52week high 8788 which the company reached on may 1st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors thursday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 046 to 15881 abbott laboratories abt rose 132 to 10774 and medtronic plc mdt rose 055 to 8805 trading volume 939224 remained 521205 below its 50day average volume of 15 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