shares of stryker corp syk inched 065 higher to 26335 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 053 to 401232 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 033 to 3315391 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains stryker corp closed 2065 short of its 52week high 28400 which the company achieved on february 3rd the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as medtronic plc mdt fell 130 to 8399 intuitive surgical inc isrg rose 058 to 23490 and edwards lifesciences corp ew rose 285 to 7758 trading volume 10 m remained 323196 below its 50day average volume of 14 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