Pfizer Inc. share price falls on Wednesday, underperforming market

Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
-0.86%
fell 0.86% to $ 36.86 on Wednesday, with a mixed stock market trading session with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
+ 0.23%
by 0.23% to 3,809.84 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
-0.03%
by 0.03% to 31,060.47. This was the second consecutive losing day of the stock. Pfizer Inc. closed at $ 6.22 from its 52-week high ($ 43.08), which the company reached on December 9th.

The stock showed a mixed performance compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
-0.15%
dropped 0.15% to $ 157.89, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
-0.90%
it fell 0.90% to $ 82.34, and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
-0.58%
it dropped 0.58% to $ 93.31. The trading volume (31.0 million) remained 19.1 million below the 50 day average volume of 50 days.

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