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Shares of Novavax Inc. slipped 5.9% to $10.01 on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 1.5% to 22,152.42 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.6% to 46,225.15.
Novavax Inc. closed 16.4% short of its 52-week high of $11.97, which the company reached on February 26th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Johnson & Johnson fell 0.3% to $237.28, Pfizer Inc. fell 0.5% to $27.32, and Merck & Co. Inc. fell 1.18% to $114.50.
Trading volume totaled 3.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 5.4 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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March 18, 2026 16:32 ET (20:32 GMT)
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