shares of medtronic plc mdt inched 006 higher to 8189 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround mixed trading session for the stock market with the dow jones industrial average djia rising 012 to 2923919 and the sp 500 index spx falling 065 to 358884 the stocks rise snapped a threeday losing streak medtronic plc closed 4643 short of its 52week high 12832 which the company achieved on october 15th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 145 to 16273 abbott laboratories abt rose 061 to 10175 and stryker corp syk rose 166 to 21146 trading volume 54 m remained 239590 below its 50day average volume of 56 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