shares of medtronic plc mdt slid 193 to 8031 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 033 to 357703 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 010 to 2921085 medtronic plc closed 4801 short of its 52week high 12832 which the company reached on october 15th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as johnson  johnson jnj fell 002 to 16269 abbott laboratories abt fell 164 to 10008 and stryker corp syk fell 133 to 20865 trading volume 62 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 57 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