Shares of Johnson & Johnson
JNJ,
+1.03%
dropped 0.45% to $152.57 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+1.17%
rising 0.02% to 32,661.84 and the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
+1.61%
falling 0.47% to 3,951.39. This was the stock’s seventh consecutive day of losses. Johnson & Johnson closed $34.12 below its 52-week high ($186.69), which the company reached on April 25th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Procter & Gamble Co.
PG,
+0.73%
rose 0.07% to $137.66. Trading volume (6.7 M) remained 1.1 million below its 50-day average volume of 7.8 M.
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