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Shares of Stryker Corp. advanced 3.6% to $285.22 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.7% to 7,773.95 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.2% to 51,267.90.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Stryker Corp. closed 27.3% short of its 52-week high of $392.55, which the company reached on October 22nd.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its peers, as Medtronic PLC rose 1.8% to $87.97, Intuitive Surgical Inc. rose 3.7% to $406.48, and Edwards Lifesciences Corp. rose 2.44% to $87.23.
Trading volume totaled 3.3 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.7 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet