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Shares of Moderna Inc. (NAS:MRNA) took a -12% dive 11.87% to $310.61 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index (NASDAQ:COMP) falling 1.83% to 15,254.05 and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW:DJIA) falling 1.34% to 34,022.04. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Moderna Inc. closed $186.88 short of its 52-week high ($497.49), which the company reached on August 10th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as AbbVie Inc. (NYS:ABBV) rose 0.55% to $115.91, Amgen Inc. (NAS:AMGN) rose 0.97% to $200.80, and AstraZeneca PLC ADR (NAS:AZN) rose 0.09% to $54.88. Trading volume (21.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 13.1 M.
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