Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
advanced 1.72% to $ 37.77 Monday, on what turned out to be an all-round rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
down 0.66% to 3,799.61 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
decreased by 0.29% to 31,008.69. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of earnings. Pfizer Inc. closed at $ 5.31 below its 52-week high ($ 43.08), which the company reached on December 9.
The stock performed mixed compared to some of its competitors on Monday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
declined 0.42% to $ 159.37, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
rose 2.37% to $ 85.00, and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
increased 0.37% to $ 94.39. The trade volume (47.3 million) remained 2.2 million below the 50-day average volume of 49.5 million.
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