shares of medtronic plc mdt inched 014 higher to 7918 thursday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 057 to 405083 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 043 to 3285903 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak medtronic plc closed 3513 below its 52week high 11431 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 008 to 15343 danaher corp dhr rose 105 to 24980 and abbott laboratories abt rose 047 to 9908 trading volume 41 m remained 20 million below its 50day average volume of 62 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