shares of johnson  johnson jnj sank 045 to 16213 thursday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 072 to 406122 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 086 to 3312774 this was the stocks second consecutive day of losses johnson  johnson closed 2122 below its 52week high 18335 which the company achieved on june 27th despite its losses the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as procter  gamble co pg fell 046 to 15551 trading volume 51 m remained 28 million below its 50day average volume of 79 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