Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
advanced 0.08% higher to $ 36.73 Tuesday, in what proved to be a totally favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 SPX index,
rising 0.81% to 3,798.91 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
increasing 0.38% to 30,930.52. The bullish stock spurred a four-day losing streak. Pfizer Inc. closed $ 6.35 short of its 52-week high ($ 43.08), which the company hit on December 9.
The stock showed mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors on Tuesday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
rose 1.55% to $ 162.78, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
fell 0.23% to $ 83.19, and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
rose 1.11% to $ 96.69. Turnover (33.3 M) remained 16.5 million below its average 50-day volume of 49.8 M.
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