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Shares of Moderna Inc. surged 14.4% to $158.83 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 0.7% to 26,151.30 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.3% to 53,577.40.
Moderna Inc. closed 10.1% short of its 52-week high of $176.66, which the company achieved on August 19th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Johnson & Johnson rose 0.5% to $273.14, Pfizer Inc. rose 2.1% to $28.57, and Gilead Sciences Inc. rose 1.38% to $148.77.
Trading volume totaled 48.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 15.2 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet