Johnson & Johnson stock falls Wednesday, underperforms market
Shares of Johnson & Johnson
JNJ,
slumped 0.28% to $160.24 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
rising 0.23% to 4,701.46 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
falling 0.03% to 35,804.38. Johnson & Johnson closed $19.68 short of its 52-week high ($179.92), which the company reached on August 20th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Roche Holding AG Part. Cert.
RHHVF,
rose 2.37% to $388.50, Merck & Co. Inc.
MRK,
fell 0.63% to $82.28, and Pfizer Inc.
PFE,
fell 0.37% to $50.89. Trading volume (5.2 M) remained 1.6 million below its 50-day average volume of 6.9 M.
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