DJ Novavax Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Novavax Inc. $(NVAX)$ rallied 1.17% to $8.67 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 0.30% to 22,660.01 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.18% to 46,397.89.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
Novavax Inc. closed 43.04% short of its 52-week high of $15.22, which the company reached on October 2nd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 2.09% to $185.42, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 6.83% to $25.48, and Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ rose 6.81% to $83.93.
Trading volume (3.2 M) remained 3.6 million below its 50-day average volume of 6.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 30, 2025.
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September 30, 2025 17:29 ET (21:29 GMT)
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