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Shares of Moderna Inc. jumped 12.0% to $54.35 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 1.7% to 26,247.08 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average remaining mostly unchanged at 49,609.16.
Moderna Inc. closed 8.7% below its 52-week high of $59.55, which the company reached on March 4th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Johnson & Johnson fell 0.5% to $221.32, Pfizer Inc. fell 1.4% to $25.68, and Gilead Sciences Inc. fell 2.04% to $131.33.
Trading volume totaled 20.7 million, compared to the 50-day average of 7.1 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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May 08, 2026 16:33 ET (20:33 GMT)
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