DJ Novavax Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Novavax Inc. $(NVAX)$ surged 15.80% to $12.75 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 0.64% to 27,366.17 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.83% to 51,654.95.
The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.
Novavax Inc. closed 4.74% short of its 52-week high of $13.39, which the company reached on October 5th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 1.93% to $261.44, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 1.65% to $28.28, and Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) rose 2.26% to $145.60.
Trading volume (19.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 5.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled October 9, 2026.