shares of catalyst pharmaceuticals inc cprx slumped 065 to 1536 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp rising 092 to 1207059 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 011 to 3412805 this was the stocks second consecutive day of losses catalyst pharmaceuticals inc closed 675 short of its 52week high 2211 which the company achieved on january 13th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as johnson  johnson jnj fell 165 to 15937 pfizer inc pfe fell 091 to 4332 and abbott laboratories abt rose 002 to 10728 trading volume 19 m remained 700335 below its 50day average volume of 26 m editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use