DJ Merck & Co. Inc. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ advanced 1.53% to $114.62 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.41% to 7,108.40 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.36% to 49,310.32.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Merck & Co. Inc. closed 8.41% short of its 52-week high of $125.14, which the company reached on February 25th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 2.01% to $230.65, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ fell 0.49% to $26.67, and Eli Lilly & Co. $(LLY)$ fell 0.42% to $917.65.
Trading volume (6.8 M) remained 3.3 million below its 50-day average volume of 10.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 23, 2026.
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April 23, 2026 16:33 ET (20:33 GMT)
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