DJ AstraZeneca PLC ADR Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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The AstraZeneca PLC ADR $(AZN)$ shed 0.50% to $78.13 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 1.03% to 17,357.88 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.64% to 40,589.34.
This was the ADR's second consecutive day of losses.
AstraZeneca PLC ADR closed $2.73 short of its 52-week high ($80.86), which the company reached on June 6th.
The ADR demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Eli Lilly & Co. $(LLY)$ fell 2.02% to $804.62, Biogen Inc. $(BIIB)$ fell 7.15% to $211.17, and Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 0.63% to $160.64.
Trading volume (5.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 26, 2024.
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July 26, 2024 17:24 ET (21:24 GMT)
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