Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
fell 0.45% to $ 37.27 Thursday, on what turned out to be an all round great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
up 0.35% to 3,703.06 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
increasing by 0.23% to 30,199.87. Pfizer Inc. closed at $ 5.81 below its 52-week high ($ 43.08), which the company reached on December 9.
The stock underperformed Thursday compared to some of its competitors, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
Up 0.35% to $ 152.47, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
increased 0.48% to $ 80.14, and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
rose 0.19% to $ 88.55. The trade volume (14.8 million) remained 34.1 million below the 50-day average volume of 48.8 million.