shares of stryker corp syk inched 071 higher to 27428 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 030 to 394872 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 023 to 3210525 stryker corp closed 972 below its 52week high 28400 which the company reached on february 3rd the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as medtronic plc mdt fell 213 to 7757 intuitive surgical inc isrg rose 152 to 24447 and edwards lifesciences corp ew rose 018 to 7955 trading volume 826348 remained 541328 below 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