Shares of Amgen Inc. AMGN, +0.73% inched 0.73% higher to $238.48 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.16% falling 0.16% to 3,971.27 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.12% falling 0.12% to 32,394.25. Amgen Inc. closed $58.19 below its 52-week high ($296.67), which the company reached on November 8th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -0.97% fell 0.97% to $151.82 and Pfizer Inc. PFE, -0.57% fell 0.57% to $39.99. Trading volume (1.9 M) remained 702,731 below its 50-day average volume of 2.6 M.