DJ Novavax Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Novavax Inc. $(NVAX)$ rallied 9.53% to $10.11 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 1.71% to 26,247.08 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.02% to 49,609.16.
Novavax Inc. closed 15.54% below its 52-week high of $11.97, which the company achieved on February 26th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ fell 0.53% to $221.32, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ fell 1.42% to $25.68, and Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ fell 0.82% to $111.38.
Trading volume (13.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 8, 2026.
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May 08, 2026 17:30 ET (21:30 GMT)
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