Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
it sank 0.30% to $ 36.75 on Thursday in what turned out to be a weak general trading session for the stock market with the S&P 500 SPX,
down 0.38% to 3,795.54 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
decreasing by 0.22% to 30,991.52. This was the third consecutive day of stock losses. Pfizer Inc. closed at $ 6.33 in addition to a 52-week high ($ 43.08) that the company reached on Dec. 9.
The stock performed poorly compared to some of its competitors on Thursday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
rose 1.75% to $ 160.65, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
decreased 0.21% to $ 82.17 and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
increased 1.40% to $ 94.62. Trading volume (30.2 million) remained at 20.1 million below its average volume of 50.3 days over 50 days.
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