DJ Novavax Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Novavax Inc. $(NVAX)$ rallied 1.75% to $6.41 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.08% to 42,206.82 and the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 0.51% to 19,447.41.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
Novavax Inc. closed 64.01% short of its 52-week high of $17.81, which the company reached on July 26th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ fell 0.62% to $149.79, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 0.38% to $23.97, and Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ fell 0.29% to $79.06.
Trading volume (4.8 M) remained 4.9 million below its 50-day average volume of 9.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 20, 2025.
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June 20, 2025 17:31 ET (21:31 GMT)
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