The Pfizer Inc. rises Friday, but is still underperforming the market

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Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
+ 0.19%
moved up 0.19% to $ 37.13 Friday, on what turned out to be an all round great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
+ 0.55%
an increase of 0.55% to 3,824.68 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
+ 0.18%
increases by 0.18% to 31,097.97. This was the share’s second consecutive day of earnings. Pfizer Inc. closed at $ 5.95 below its 52-week high of $ 43.08, which the company reached on December 9.

The stock performed mixed compared to some of its competitors on Friday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
-0.21%
fell 0.21% to $ 160.04, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
-1.18%
decreased 1.18% to $ 83.03, and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
+ 0.69%
rose 0.69% to $ 94.04. The trade volume (33.4 million) remained 15.8 million below the 50-day average volume of 49.2 million.

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