The share of Pfizer Inc. falls Thursday, better than the market

Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE,
-0.30%
fell 0.30% to $ 36.75 on Thursday, with an overall weak trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
-0.38%
with 0.38% to 3,795.54 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
-0.22%
by 0.22% to 30,991.52. This was the stock’s third consecutive loss day. Pfizer Inc. closed at $ 6.33 from its 52-week high ($ 43.08), which the company reached on December 9th.

The stock underperformed some of its competitors Thursday as Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
+ 1.75%
rose 1.75% to $ 160.65, Merck & Co. Inc. MRK,
-0.21%
decreased 0.21% to $ 82.17, and Novartis AG ADR NVS,
+ 1.40%
rose 1.40% to $ 94.62. The trading volume (30.2 million) remained 20.1 million below the 50 day average volume of 50 days.

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