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Shares of Moderna Inc. /zigman2/quotes/205619834/composite MRNA -0.18% rose 7.30% to $159.47 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index /zigman2/quotes/210598365/realtime COMP +2.19% rising 3.13% to 13,770.57 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.00% rising 1.65% to 34,725.47. Moderna Inc. closed $338.02 short of its 52-week high ($497.49), which the company reached on August 10th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as AbbVie Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202428675/composite ABBV -0.76% rose 1.43% to $137.92, Amgen Inc. /zigman2/quotes/209157011/composite AMGN -0.24% rose 2.29% to $229.14, and AstraZeneca PLC ADR /zigman2/quotes/200304487/composite AZN +1.02% fell 0.37% to $59.30. Trading volume (6.7 M) remained 5.0 million below its 50-day average volume of 11.6 M.
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