Why Medtronic Stock Marched Higher on Monday

Medtronic (MDT 2.62%) stock was a fairly hot item as the trading week kicked off, with investors pushing the shares up by almost 3% in value. They liked the medical device specialist's latest piece of news about one of its products, and reacted accordingly. The stock's gain easily topped that of the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.55%), which closed the day up 0.6%. A viable alternative to surgery More encouragingly, those using Medtronic's device demonstrated superior valve performance across the five- year period. Medtr ...