DJ Novavax Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Novavax Inc. $(NVAX)$ rallied 2.51% to $8.97 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 0.16% to 23,066.47 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.13% to 50,121.40.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains.
Novavax Inc. closed 15.73% short of its 52-week high of $10.64, which the company reached on August 18th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 1.05% to $240.86, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 0.43% to $27.73, and Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ rose 1.84% to $119.31.
Trading volume (5.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 11, 2026.
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February 11, 2026 17:29 ET (22:29 GMT)
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