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Shares of Intuitive Surgical Inc. /zigman2/quotes/204935713/composite ISRG -0.86% advanced 3.04% to $221.32 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX -1.47% rising 1.53% to 4,067.36 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA -1.14% rising 1.19% to 32,151.71. This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains. Intuitive Surgical Inc. closed $148.37 short of its 52-week high ($369.69), which the company reached on November 5th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Medtronic PLC /zigman2/quotes/206816578/composite MDT -1.28% rose 2.09% to $89.73, Stryker Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207664662/composite SYK -4.81% rose 4.41% to $230.00, and Becton Dickinson & Co. /zigman2/quotes/205527610/composite BDX -2.19% rose 0.90% to $262.85. Trading volume (1.9 M) remained 6,299 below its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.
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