Shares of Pfizer Inc.
PFE,
dropped 0.29% to $34.82 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
rising 0.74% to 3,915.59 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
rising 0.76% to 31,385.76. The stock’s fall snapped a two-day winning streak. Pfizer Inc. closed $8.26 short of its 52-week high ($43.08), which the company reached on December 9th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Johnson & Johnson
JNJ,
rose 0.29% to $164.92, Merck & Co. Inc.
MRK,
fell 1.00% to $75.04, and Novartis AG ADR
NVS,
rose 0.52% to $91.00. Trading volume (31.5 M) remained 12.5 million below its 50-day average volume of 44.0 M.
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