shares of bristol myers squibb co bmy inched 030 higher to 7304 thursday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 099 to 399895 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 051 to 3203690 the stocks rise snapped a threeday losing streak bristol myers squibb co closed 755 below its 52week high 8059 which the company achieved on june 27th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors thursday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 035 to 17131 merck  co inc mrk rose 055 to 9014 and pfizer inc pfe rose 059 to 5112 trading volume 72 m remained 59 million below its 50day average volume of 132 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