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Shares of Novavax Inc. slipped 6.3% to $8.85 on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 0.9% to 23,461.82 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.4% to 48,892.47.
Novavax Inc. closed 16.9% short of its 52-week high of $10.64, which the company reached on August 18th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Johnson & Johnson remained unchanged, Pfizer Inc. rose 1.3% to $26.44, and Merck & Co. Inc. rose 1.78% to $110.27.
Trading volume totaled 5.0 million, compared to the 50-day average of 4.6 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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January 30, 2026 16:34 ET (21:34 GMT)
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