Pfizer Inc. shares outperform the market in a strong trading day

Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
+ 1.72%
advanced 1.72% to $ 37.77 on Monday, on what turned out to be a tough stock market trading session with the S&P 500 SPX Index,
-0.66%
down 0.66% to 3,799.61 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
-0.29%
decreasing by 0.29% to 31,008.69. This was the third consecutive day of earnings of the share. Pfizer Inc. closed at $ 5.31 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 Monday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
-0.42%
fell 0.42% to $ 159.37, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
+ 2.37%
increased by 2.37% to USD 85.00, and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
+ 0.37%
rose 0.37% to $ 94.39. Trading volume (47.3 million) remained at 2.2 million below its 50-day average volume of 49.5 million.

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