shares of medtronic plc mdt inched 048 higher to 8931 monday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 030 to 413628 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 014 to 3334860 medtronic plc closed 1702 below its 52week high 10633 which the company reached on may 17th the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as johnson  johnson jnj fell 077 to 15955 danaher corp dhr fell 018 to 22694 and abbott laboratories abt fell 059 to 10984 trading volume 41 m remained 19 million below its 50day average volume of 60 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