The shares of Pfizer Inc. they increase Friday and outperform the market

Pfizer Inc. Shares PFE,
+ 0.19%
rose 0.19% to $ 36.55 on Friday, in what turned out to be a negative stock trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 SPX index,
-0.30%
they fall 0.30% to 3,841.47 and the DIA Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
-0.57%
falling 0.57% to 30,996.98. The rise in shares led to a two-day streak of defeat. Pfizer Inc. closed at $ 6.53 below the 52-week high ($ 43.08), which the company reached on Dec. 9.

The stock showed mixed performance compared to some of its competitors on Friday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
+ 1.13%
rose 1.13% to $ 163.55, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
-0.25%
fell 0.25% to $ 80.98 and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
+ 0.02%
increased 0.02% to $ 96.90. Trading volume (26.1 M) remained 20.3 million below its average volume of 46.4 M.

Editor’s Note: This story was automatically generated by Automated Insights using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. Consult the conditions of use of our market data.

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