shares of baxter international inc bax sank 095 to 4258 monday on what proved to be an allaround mixed trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 002 to 419263 and the dow jones industrial average djia falling 042 to 3328658 this was the stocks second consecutive day of losses baxter international inc closed 3450 below its 52week high 7708 which the company reached on may 25th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as medtronic plc mdt rose 019 to 8950 stryker corp syk rose 028 to 28617 and becton dickinson  co bdx fell 033 to 25104 trading volume 36 m remained 25 million below its 50day average volume of 61 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