shares of medtronic plc mdt rallied 241 to 8270 monday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 259 to 367843 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 266 to 2949089 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak medtronic plc closed 4615 short of its 52week high 12885 which the company reached on october 7th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as johnson  johnson jnj fell 010 to 16320 abbott laboratories abt rose 285 to 9952 and stryker corp syk rose 360 to 20984 trading volume 59 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 57 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