shares of baxter international inc bax slumped 087 to 4354 monday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 090 to 451844 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 116 to 3547313 this was the stocks second consecutive day of losses baxter international inc closed 1870 short of its 52week high 6224 which the company achieved on august 15th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as medtronic plc mdt rose 081 to 8472 stryker corp syk rose 090 to 28627 and becton dickinson  co bdx rose 164 to 27522 trading volume 31 m remained 22 million below its 50day average volume of 53 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