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Shares of Moderna Inc. advanced 6.9% to $203.21 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 1.1% to 27,477.31 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.2% to 51,267.90.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Moderna Inc. closed 2.7% below its 52-week high of $208.90, which the company reached on September 29th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Johnson & Johnson fell 1.2% to $252.93, Pfizer Inc. fell 1.4% to $27.41, and Gilead Sciences Inc. fell 0.08% to $144.63.
Trading volume totaled 18.8 million, compared to the 50-day average of 20.1 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet