Shares of Johnson & Johnson
JNJ,
advanced 1.05% to $158.49 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
falling 0.58% to 4,100.60 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
falling 0.59% to 33,402.38. This was the stock’s fifth consecutive day of gains. Johnson & Johnson closed $28.20 short of its 52-week high ($186.69), which the company reached on April 25th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Procter & Gamble Co.
PG,
rose 0.48% to $150.23. Trading volume (7.8 M) remained 856,284 below its 50-day average volume of 8.6 M.
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