The shares of Pfizer Inc. they fall on Thursday, performing below market

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Pfizer Inc. Shares PFE,
-0.45%
fell 0.45% to $ 37.27 on Thursday, in what turned out to be a large global trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 SPX index,
+ 0.35%
rising 0.35% to 3,703.06 and the DIA Jones Industrial Average,
+ 0.23%
rising 0.23% to 30,199.87. Pfizer Inc. closed at $ 5.81 below the 52-week high ($ 43.08), which the company hit on Dec. 9.

The shares performed lower compared to some of their competitors on Thursday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
+ 0.35%
rose 0.35% to $ 152.47, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
+ 0.48%
rose 0.48% to $ 80.14 and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
+ 0.19%
increased 0.19% to $ 88.55. Trading volume (14.8 M) remained 34.1 million below its average volume of 48.8 M.

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