DJ Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(CPRX)$ rose 1.15% to $19.86 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 0.98% to 21,450.02 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.47% to 44,175.61.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 25.28% short of its 52-week high of $26.58, which the company reached on June 9th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 1.05% to $173.33, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 1.44% to $24.58, and Abbott Laboratories $(ABT)$ rose 1.68% to $134.28.
Trading volume (2.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 8, 2025.
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