shares of baxter international inc bax inched 073 higher to 4672 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 085 to 451004 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 014 to 3439514 this was the stocks fourth consecutive day of gains baxter international inc closed 2035 below its 52week high 6707 which the company achieved on july 27th the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as medtronic plc mdt rose 055 to 8805 stryker corp syk rose 054 to 29964 and becton dickinson  co bdx rose 050 to 25995 trading volume 41 m remained 682437 below its 50day average volume of 48 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