Pfizer Inc. stock falls Thursday, still outperforms market
Shares of Pfizer Inc.
PFE,
sank 0.30% to $36.75 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
falling 0.38% to 3,795.54 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
falling 0.22% to 30,991.52. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of losses. Pfizer Inc. closed $6.33 short of its 52-week high ($43.08), which the company reached on December 9th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Johnson & Johnson
JNJ,
rose 1.75% to $160.65, Merck & Co. Inc.
MRK,
fell 0.21% to $82.17, and Novartis AG ADR
NVS,
rose 1.40% to $94.62. Trading volume (30.2 M) remained 20.1 million below its 50-day average volume of 50.3 M.
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