shares of medtronic plc mdt inched 098 higher to 8935 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 146 to 378999 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 100 to 3066853 the stocks rise snapped a fiveday losing streak medtronic plc closed 4654 below its 52week high 13589 which the company reached on september 9th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 107 to 16999 abbott laboratories abt rose 181 to 10480 and stryker corp syk rose 096 to 20251 trading volume 52 m remained 614789 below its 50day average volume of 58 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