Pfizer Inc. shares outperform market on strong trading day

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

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