Shares of Moderna Inc. MRNA, -0.37% slid 0.37% to $171.18 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, +2.09% rising 2.09% to 13,047.19 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.27% rising 1.27% to 33,761.05. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Moderna Inc. closed $293.67 short of its 52-week high ($464.85), which the company reached on September 10th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as AbbVie Inc. ABBV, +0.37% rose 0.37% to $142.60, Amgen Inc. AMGN, +0.02% rose 0.02% to $248.39, and AstraZeneca PLC ADR AZN, +3.08% rose 3.08% to $66.64. Trading volume (2.8 M) remained 2.3 million below its 50-day average volume of 5.1 M.