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Shares of Moderna Inc. rose 7.0% to $194.82 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index remaining mostly unchanged at 26,939.37 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.3% to 51,349.98.
Moderna Inc. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $192.31, which the company reached on September 23rd.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Johnson & Johnson rose 0.6% to $270.68, Pfizer Inc. rose 0.8% to $28.41, and Gilead Sciences Inc. fell 1.11% to $149.69.
Trading volume totaled 16.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 18.6 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet