Shares of Eli Lilly & Co. LLY, +0.02% inched 0.02% higher to $329.53 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.76% rising 1.76% to 3,960.28 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.17% rising 1.17% to 32,246.55. This was the stock’s fourth consecutive day of gains. Eli Lilly & Co. closed $54.91 short of its 52-week high ($384.44), which the company reached on January 24th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -0.21% fell 0.21% to $154.03. Trading volume (3.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.1 M.