DJ Merck & Co. Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) slipped 1.24% to $148.46 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.58% to 7,673.52 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.18% to 52,786.07.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Merck & Co. Inc. closed 5.39% short of its 52-week high of $156.92, which the company reached on August 25th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ fell 2.22% to $269.12, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ fell 2.32% to $27.79, and Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) fell 2.21% to $1,123.91.
Trading volume (10.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 9.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 8, 2026.