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Shares of Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. slipped 5.6% to $1.09 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.1% to 51,231.64 and the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 1.3% to 27,193.34.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 59.9% short of its 52-week high of $2.72, which the company achieved on December 17th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Johnson & Johnson fell 0.8% to $256.48, Statera Biopharma Inc. remained unchanged, and Pfizer Inc. fell 0.64% to $27.82.

Trading volume totaled 3.0 million, compared to the 50-day average of 4.5 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet