Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
dropped 0.30% to $ 36.75 on Thursday, on what turned out to be an all round bad trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
down 0.38% to 3,795.54 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
decreased by 0.22% to 30,991.52. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of losses. Pfizer Inc. closed down $ 6.33 from its 52-week high of $ 43.08, which the company hit on Dec. 9.
The stock underperformed Thursday compared to some of its competitors, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
rose 1.75% to $ 160.65, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
decreased 0.21% to $ 82.17 and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
rose 1.40% to $ 94.62. The trade volume (30.2 million) remained 20.1 million below the 50-day average volume of 50.3 million.
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