shares of catalyst pharmaceuticals inc cprx advanced 105 to 771 monday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp falling 362 to 1283096 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 237 to 3281738 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak catalyst pharmaceuticals inc closed 059 below its 52week high 830 which the company reached on march 2nd the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 161 to 17221 pfizer inc pfe fell 138 to 4798 and abbott laboratories abt fell 210 to 11886 trading volume 762955 remained 329603 below its 50day average volume of 11 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