DJ AstraZeneca PLC ADR Outperforms Market On Strong Trading Day
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The AstraZeneca PLC ADR $(AZN)$ rose 1.32% to $74.57 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 0.35% to 21,242.70 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.51% to 43,968.64.
The ADR's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
AstraZeneca PLC ADR closed 14.95% short of its 52-week high of $87.68, which the company reached on August 30th.
The ADR outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Eli Lilly & Co. $(LLY)$ fell 14.14% to $640.86, Biogen Inc. $(BIIB)$ fell 1.23% to $127.75, and Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 0.55% to $171.53.
Trading volume (3.4 M) remained 1.2 million below its 50-day average volume of 4.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 7, 2025.
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August 07, 2025 17:22 ET (21:22 GMT)
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