DJ Novavax Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Novavax Inc. $(NVAX)$ rose 1.45% to $8.04 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 0.89% to 25,114.44 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.31% to 49,499.27.
Novavax Inc. closed 32.83% short of its 52-week high of $11.97, which the company reached on February 26th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ fell 1.16% to $227.19, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ fell 1.39% to $26.33, and Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ rose 2.73% to $112.16.
Trading volume (3.1 M) remained 1.1 million below its 50-day average volume of 4.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 1, 2026.
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May 01, 2026 17:29 ET (21:29 GMT)
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