DJ Amgen Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Amgen Inc. $(AMGN)$ rallied 2.60% to $413.08 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.22% to 7,801.77 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.66% to 51,179.87.
The stock's rise snapped a five-day losing streak.
Amgen Inc. closed 7.59% short of its 52-week high of $447.03, which the company reached on August 25th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 1.44% to $258.45, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 1.82% to $28.00, and AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 1.75% to $271.36.
Trading volume (2.2 M) remained 654,497 below its 50-day average volume of 2.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled October 7, 2026.