Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
inched 0.50% higher to $ 38.03 on Thursday, on what was to be a major trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
rising 0.58% to 3,722.48 and the Dow Jones industrial average DJIA,
rising 0.49% to 30,303.37. The rise broke the climbing stock that lost six days. Pfizer Inc. closed $ 5.05 short of its 52-week high ($ 43.08), which the company reached on Dec. 9.
The stock showed mixed performance compared to some of its competitors on Thursday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
rose 2.64% to $ 153.62, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
fell 0.01% to $ 79.82, and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
rose 1.11% to $ 91.98. Trading volume (50.7 M) lowered the 50-day average of 45.9 M.
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