Pfizer Inc. shares outperform competitors in days of strong trading

Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
+ 0.11%
advanced 0.11% higher to $ 35.90 on Friday in what proved to be a totally bad trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 SPX index,
-1.93%
falling 1.93% to 3,714.24 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
-2.03%
falling 2.03% to 29,982.62. The bullish stock spurred a two-day losing streak. Pfizer Inc. closed $ 7.18 short of its 52-week high ($ 43.08), which the company hit on December 9.

The action outperformed some of its competitors on Friday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
-3.56%
fell 3.56% to $ 163.13, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
-1.09%
fell 1.09% to $ 77.07, and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
-2.55%
fell 2.55% to $ 90.47. Turnover (59.9 M) exceeded its average 50-day volume of 44.2 M.

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