shares of perkinelmer inc pki inched 072 higher to 17162 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 074 to 451963 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 056 to 3545731 this was the stocks fifth consecutive day of gains perkinelmer inc closed 2038 short of its 52week high 19200 which the company achieved on september 23rd the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as thermo fisher scientific inc tmo rose 069 to 59210 becton dickinson  co bdx rose 179 to 24273 and illumina inc ilmn rose 086 to 41408 trading volume 514029 remained 142431 below its 50day average volume of 656460 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