shares of baxter international inc bax slid 040 to 7912 friday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 117 to 446312 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 080 to 3475493 the stocks fall snapped a fourday winning streak baxter international inc closed 1058 below its 52week high 8970 which the company achieved on february 9th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors friday as thermo fisher scientific inc tmo rose 294 to 58909 medtronic plc mdt rose 040 to 11018 and stryker corp syk rose 127 to 26734 trading volume 38 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 30 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