DJ Novavax Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Novavax Inc. $(NVAX)$ rallied 6.95% to $10.00 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 1.69% to 26,418.30 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.61% to 51,778.04.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Novavax Inc. closed 16.46% below its 52-week high of $11.97, which the company reached on February 26th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 1.10% to $270.22, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 0.66% to $27.64, and Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) rose 1.55% to $147.15.
Trading volume (8.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 17, 2026.