shares of linde plc lin inched 032 higher to 33862 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 035 to 468525 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 031 to 3631998 this was the stocks eighth consecutive day of gains linde plc hit a new 52week high surpassing its previous peak of 33790 which the company achieved on november 8th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as air products  chemicals inc apd rose 040 to 31384 dupont de nemours inc dd rose 189 to 8102 and dow inc dow rose 038 to 5879 trading volume 18 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 14 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