shares of novavax inc nvax advanced 415 to 1229 friday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp rising 071 to 1107916 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 033 to 3430261 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak novavax inc closed 10020 short of its 52week high 11249 which the company achieved on january 14th the stock outperformed some of its competitors friday as johnson  johnson jnj fell 033 to 17343 pfizer inc pfe rose 029 to 4785 and merck  co inc mrk rose 043 to 11225 trading volume 108 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 68 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