Pfizer Inc. shares grow on Thursday, still underperforming the market

Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
+ 0.14%
rose 0.14% to $ 34.89 on Thursday, proving to be an excellent stock market trading session with the S&P 500 SPX,
+ 1.09%
up 1.09% to 3,871.74, and the DJIA Dow Jones industrial average,
+ 1.08%
increasing by 1.08%, to 31,055.86. The increase in stock hit a three-day loss. Pfizer Inc. closed at $ 8.19 below the 52-week high ($ 43.08), which the company reached on December 9th.

The action showed mixed performance compared to some of its competitors on Thursday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
+ 0.93%
rose 0.93% to $ 161.99, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
-1.67%
decreased by 1.67% to USD 76.03 and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
+ 1.44%
increased 1.44% to $ 90.63. Trading volume (34.2 million) remained at 10.2 million below its 50-day average volume of 44.4 M.

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