shares of stryker corp syk inched 045 higher to 28526 thursday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 094 to 419805 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 034 to 3353591 stryker corp closed 2130 short of its 52week high 30656 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as medtronic plc mdt rose 050 to 8902 intuitive surgical inc isrg rose 130 to 31223 and edwards lifesciences corp ew fell 029 to 8741 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