Pfizer Inc. shares outperform competitors on strong trading day

Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
+ 2.00%
rose 2.00% on Monday to $ 37.28, which was an everyday mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
+ 0.36%
Up 0.36% to 3,855.36 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
-0.12%
by 0.12% to 30,960.00. This was the second consecutive earnings day of the stock. Pfizer Inc. closed at $ 5.80 from its 52-week high ($ 43.08), which the company reached on December 9th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors on Monday, as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
+ 1.49%
rose 1.49% to $ 165.98, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
+ 0.21%
increased by 0.21% to $ 81.15, and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
+ 1.62%
rose 1.62% to $ 98.47. The trading volume (31.6 million) remained 13.8 million below the 50 day average volume of 45.4 million.

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