shares of stryker corp syk inched 081 higher to 27042 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 138 to 479119 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 098 to 3630238 this was the stocks fourth consecutive day of gains stryker corp closed 1074 short of its 52week high 28116 which the company achieved on september 9th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as medtronic plc mdt rose 149 to 10443 boston scientific corp bsx rose 094 to 4312 and edwards lifesciences corp ew rose 156 to 13058 trading volume 723188 remained 603783 below its 50day average volume of 13 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