shares of linde plc lin slipped 007 to 27368 friday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 008 to 389938 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 015 to 3133815 this was the stocks second consecutive day of losses linde plc closed 7850 below its 52week high 35218 which the company achieved on january 5th despite its losses the stock outperformed some of its competitors friday as air products  chemicals inc apd fell 153 to 23221 dupont de nemours inc dd fell 163 to 5544 and dow inc dow fell 172 to 5138true trading volume 17 m remained 11 million below its 50day average volume of 28 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