DJ Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Rises Wednesday, Still Underperforms Market
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Shares of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(CPRX)$ advanced 1.28% to $25.31 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 2.80% to 22,635.00 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 2.85% to 47,909.92.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 4.78% short of its 52-week high of $26.58, which the company achieved on June 9th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 1.21% to $241.30, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 1.37% to $27.47, and Abbott Laboratories $(ABT)$ rose 1.70% to $103.56.
Trading volume (1.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 8, 2026.
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April 08, 2026 17:19 ET (21:19 GMT)
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