DJ Novavax Inc. Stock Rises Monday, Still Underperforms Market
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Shares of Novavax Inc. $(NVAX)$ rallied 1.23% to $7.41 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 2.13% to 25,913.90 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.32% to 53,178.41.
Novavax Inc. closed 38.10% short of its 52-week high of $11.97, which the company reached on February 26th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ fell 0.76% to $254.41, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 0.08% to $25.03, and Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ fell 1.87% to $127.77.
Trading volume (2.6 M) remained 1.7 million below its 50-day average volume of 4.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 3, 2026.