shares of medtronic plc mdt inched 084 higher to 8439 monday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 114 to 413729 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 111 to 3424593 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains medtronic plc closed 2992 below its 52week high 11431 which the company reached on april 21st the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 037 to 16275 danaher corp dhr rose 040 to 25988 and abbott laboratories abt rose 033 to 10852 trading volume 43 m remained 28 million below its 50day average volume of 71 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