Pfizer Inc. shares outperformed by competitors on Tuesday

Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
-1.56%
slipped 1.56% to $ 37.18 on Tuesday, with a positive stock market trading session, with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
+ 0.04%
by 0.04% to 3,801.19 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
+ 0.19%
increased by 0.19% to 31,068.69. The fall of the stock reached a three-day winning streak. Pfizer Inc. closed $ 5.90 below 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 Tuesday, such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
-0.78%
fell 0.78% to $ 158.13, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
-2.25%
decreased by 2.25% to $ 83.09, and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
-0.57%
it dropped 0.57% to $ 93.85. The trading volume (47.8 million) remained 2.2 million below the 50 day average volume of 50.0 million.

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