DJ Merck & Co. Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ rallied 2.10% to $79.18 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.81% to 5,363.36 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.56% to 40,212.71.
Merck & Co. Inc. closed 41.19% below its 52-week high of $134.63, which the company reached on June 25th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 2.04% to $151.73, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 1.48% to $21.91, and Eli Lilly & Co. $(LLY)$ rose 1.60% to $732.41.
Trading volume (16.1 M) remained 2.2 million below its 50-day average volume of 18.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 11, 2025.
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April 11, 2025 16:33 ET (20:33 GMT)
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