Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
sank 0.30% to $ 36.75 Thursday, in what proved to be a totally bad trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 SPX index,
falling 0.38% to 3,795.54 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
falling 0.22% to 30,991.52. This was the third consecutive day of losses from the stock. Pfizer Inc. closed $ 6.33 short of its 52-week high ($ 43.08), which the company hit on December 9.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors on Thursday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
rose 1.75% to $ 160.65, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
fell 0.21% to $ 82.17, and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
rose 1.40% to $ 94.62. Turnover (30.2 M) remained 20.1 million below its average 50-day volume of 50.3 M.
Editor’s note: this story was automatically generated by Automated Insights using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.