shares of stryker corp syk inched 051 higher to 27811 monday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 016 to 397753 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 060 to 3243208 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains stryker corp closed 589 below its 52week high 28400 which the company achieved on february 3rd the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as medtronic plc mdt rose 034 to 7964 intuitive surgical inc isrg fell 150 to 25257 and edwards lifesciences corp ew rose 020 to 8092 trading volume 856038 remained 471583 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