shares of amgen inc amgn inched 048 higher to 26741 friday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 111 to 385236 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 085 to 3292046 the stocks rise snapped a sixday losing streak amgen inc closed 2926 below its 52week high 29667 which the company reached on november 8th the stock outperformed some of its competitors friday as johnson  johnson jnj fell 103 to 17567 and pfizer inc pfe fell 412 to 5140 trading volume 86 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 29 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