shares of baxter international inc bax rallied 121 to 3937 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 168 to 392056 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 106 to 3215540 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains baxter international inc closed 4135 short of its 52week high 8072 which the company reached on march 29th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors