Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
0.11% higher to $ 35.90 Friday, on what turned out to be an all round bad trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
decreased 1.93% to 3,714.24 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
decreased by 2.03% to 29,982.62. The stock’s rise broke a two-day loss. Pfizer Inc. closed down $ 7.18 from its 52-week high of $ 43.08, which the company hit on Dec. 9.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors on Friday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
fell 3.56% to $ 163.13, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
decreased 1.09% to $ 77.07, and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
decreased 2.55% to $ 90.47. The trade volume (59.9 million) eclipsed the 50-day average volume of 44.2 million.
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