Moderna Inc. Stock Advances 4.1%, Outperforms Peers

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Shares of Moderna Inc. rallied 4.1% to $226.88 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 1.1% to 26,430.89 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.1% to 51,966.03.

Moderna Inc. closed 6.4% short of its 52-week high of $242.29, which the company achieved on October 15th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Johnson & Johnson fell 0.7% to $253.79, Pfizer Inc. fell 0.5% to $29.44, and Gilead Sciences Inc. fell 1.97% to $153.11.

Trading volume totaled 18.7 million, compared to the 50-day average of 23.1 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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October 19, 2026 16:33 ET (20:33 GMT)