shares of danaher corp dhr inched 036 higher to 32526 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 085 to 448070 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 068 to 3481439 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains danaher corp closed 870 short of its 52week high 33396 which the company reached on september 10th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as thermo fisher scientific inc tmo rose 010 to 56296 trading volume 21 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 19 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