DJ Abbott Laboratories Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Abbott Laboratories $(ABT.AU)$ rallied 2.62% to $123.67 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.01% to 6,296.79 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.32% to 44,342.19.
Abbott Laboratories closed 12.43% short of its 52-week high of $141.23, which the company reached on March 4th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 0.44% to $163.70, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE.AU)$ fell 0.45% to $24.47, and Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK.UK)$ fell 1.91% to $79.96.
Trading volume (19.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 6.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 18, 2025.
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