shares of catalyst pharmaceuticals inc cprx inched 087 higher to 1276 thursday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp falling 061 to 1061484 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 030 to 3033359 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak catalyst pharmaceuticals inc closed 446 below its 52week high 1722 which the company achieved on september 13th the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 026 to 16511 pfizer inc pfe fell 046 to 4291 and abbott laboratories abt fell 296 to 9521 trading volume 14 m remained 22 million below its 50day average volume of 37 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