DJ Merck & Co. Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ rallied 1.35% to $108.34 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.11% to 49,071.56 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.13% to 6,969.01.
Merck & Co. Inc. closed 4.04% short of its 52-week high of $112.90, which the company reached on January 8th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ fell 0.19% to $227.29, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 0.93% to $26.10, and Eli Lilly & Co. $(LLY)$ rose 0.03% to $1,024.14.
Trading volume (13.5 M) remained 672,287 below its 50-day average volume of 14.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 29, 2026.
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January 29, 2026 16:33 ET (21:33 GMT)
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