Shares of Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. AND NO,
jumped 11.50% to $ 15.37 on Wednesday, in what proved to be a global mixed trading session for the stock market, with the DIA Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
rising 0.29% to 31,613.02 and the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP,
falling 0.58% to 13,965.49. Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed at $ 18.43 below the 52-week high ($ 33.79), which the company hit on June 26th.
Shares outperformed some of its competitors on Wednesday, as AbbVie Inc. ABBV,
rose 2.01% to $ 106.29, Amgen Inc. AMGN,
increased 1.19% to $ 235.61 and AstraZeneca PLC ADR AZN,
rose 1.10% to $ 51.45. The trading volume (17.2 M) overshadowed its 50.9-day average volume of 15.9 M.