Shares of Moderna Inc. MRNA, +5.74% rose 5.74% to $128.03 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, +1.43% rising 1.43% to 10,798.35 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.13% falling 0.13% to 29,888.78. Moderna Inc. closed $369.46 short of its 52-week high ($497.49), which the company achieved on August 10th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as AbbVie Inc. ABBV, -0.63% fell 0.63% to $138.28, Amgen Inc. AMGN, +1.74% rose 1.74% to $234.72, and AstraZeneca PLC ADR AZN, +0.38% rose 0.38% to $61.09. Trading volume (8.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 6.1 M.