DJ Novavax Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Novavax Inc. $(NVAX)$ rallied 1.30% to $9.35 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 0.01% to 25,978.42 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.21% to 51,461.90.
Novavax Inc. closed 21.89% below its 52-week high of $11.97, which the company achieved on February 26th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 0.03% to $267.28, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ fell 0.33% to $27.46, and Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) rose 0.78% to $144.91.
Trading volume (2.8 M) remained 1.4 million below its 50-day average volume of 4.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 16, 2026.