Shares of Johnson & Johnson
JNJ,
shed 0.35% to $167.59 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
falling 2.14% to 4,137.99 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
falling 1.91% to 33,063.61. Johnson & Johnson closed $19.10 below its 52-week high ($186.69), which the company reached on April 25th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as Roche Holding AG Part. Cert.
RHHVF,
fell 0.74% to $334.51, Merck & Co. Inc.
MRK,
fell 1.00% to $91.16, and Pfizer Inc.
PFE,
fell 0.51% to $48.90.true Trading volume (5.5 M) remained 1.5 million below its 50-day average volume of 7.0 M.
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