shares of catalyst pharmaceuticals inc cprx inched 098 higher to 1545 friday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp rising 197 to 1168901 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 117 to 3339097 catalyst pharmaceuticals inc closed 666 below its 52week high 2211 which the company reached on january 13th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors friday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 103 to 15402 pfizer inc pfe rose 130 to 4115 and abbott laboratories abt rose 177 to 10445 trading volume 856168 remained 16 million below its 50day average volume of 24 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