Pfizer Inc. shares fall on Wednesday, under performance

Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
-0.86%
fell 0.86% to $ 36.86 on Wednesday in what turned out to be a general mixed trading session for the stock market with the S&P 500 SPX,
+ 0.23%
up 0.23% to 3,809.84 and Dow Jones Industrial Media DJIA,
-0.03%
decreasing by 0.03% to 31,060.47. This was the second consecutive day of stock losses. Pfizer Inc. closed at $ 6.22 in addition to the 52-week high ($ 43.08) the company hit on Dec. 9.

The action showed mixed performance compared to some of its competitors on Wednesday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
-0.15%
fell 0.15% to $ 157.89, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
-0.90%
decreased 0.90% to $ 82.34 and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
-0.58%
fell 0.58% to $ 93.31. Trading volume (31.0 million) remained at 19.1 million below its average volume of 50.1 days over 50 days.

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