DJ Merck & Co. Inc. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ rose 1.42% to $99.01 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.21% to 6,901.00 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.34% to 48,704.01.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Merck & Co. Inc. closed 6.45% short of its 52-week high of $105.84, which the company reached on November 25th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 1.68% to $210.01, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 0.08% to $25.80, and Eli Lilly & Co. $(LLY)$ rose 1.58% to $1,009.38.
Trading volume (11.6 M) remained 1.7 million below its 50-day average volume of 13.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled December 11, 2025.
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December 11, 2025 16:32 ET (21:32 GMT)
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