shares of bristol myers squibb co bmy slid 012 to 5939 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 082 to 464671 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 066 to 3607994 bristol myers squibb co closed 1036 below its 52week high 6975 which the company reached on august 23rd the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 108 to 16427 merck  co inc mrk rose 156 to 8401 and pfizer inc pfe rose 364 to 4902 trading volume 110 m remained 117038 below its 50day average volume of 111 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