shares of linde plc lin inched 022 higher to 27159 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 033 to 357703 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 010 to 2921085 the stocks rise snapped a fiveday losing streak linde plc closed 8059 below its 52week high 35218 which the company achieved on january 5th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as air products  chemicals inc apd fell 082 to 22932 dupont de nemours inc dd fell 042 to 5158 and dow inc dow fell 032 to 4381 trading volume 14 m remained 235986 below its 50day average volume of 17 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