DJ AstraZeneca PLC ADR Falls Wednesday, Underperforms Market
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The AstraZeneca PLC ADR $(AZN)$ sank 0.09% to $66.58 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.25% to 42,635.20 and the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 0.06% to 19,478.88.
This was the ADR's second consecutive day of losses.
AstraZeneca PLC ADR closed $21.10 short of its 52-week high ($87.68), which the company achieved on August 30th.
The ADR demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Eli Lilly & Co. $(LLY)$ rose 1.80% to $787.22, Biogen Inc. $(BIIB)$ fell 1.57% to $150.75, and Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ fell 2.71% to $142.27.
Trading volume (3.9 M) remained 2.5 million below its 50-day average volume of 6.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 8, 2025.
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January 08, 2025 17:29 ET (22:29 GMT)
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